Nancy Sears

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse who had been found guilty of two separate criminal assaults and failed to report the second finding of guilt to the College.

The member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a statement of facts.

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct, including engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's certificate of registration, and terms and conditions including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The member was found to have committed professional misconduct relating to the emotional and physical abuse of a vulnerable client.

Following the findings, the College and the member presented a joint submission on penalty.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission, ordering a three-month suspension of the member's certificate of registration, an oral reprimand, and terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The panel found the penalty addressed specific and general deterrence, remediation, and public protection, and fell within the range of reasonable outcomes for similar misconduct.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for professional misconduct, alleging sexual abuse and failure to maintain the boundaries of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship.

The Member admitted to engaging in a sexual relationship, including sexual intercourse and exchanging sexually explicit emails, with a vulnerable psychiatric client while she was an inpatient and shortly after her discharge.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded, his certificate of registration be immediately revoked, and he reimburse the College up to $5,000 for any therapy funding accessed by the client.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for practising as a registered nurse while her certificate of registration was suspended, falsifying records, and failing to comply with a previous discipline order.

The Member admitted to the allegations through an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration and an oral reprimand.

The Member, a registered practical nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for accepting loans from two elderly clients at a retirement residence.

The Member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a statement of facts.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by contravening the standards of practice and engaging in unprofessional and dishonourable conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct.

The nurse admitted to breaching client confidentiality by allowing her partner to accompany her on home visits, inappropriately disclosing personal financial difficulties to a client, accepting a $700 gift from the client, and failing to secure the client's narcotics, which allowed her partner to steal them.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the nurse committed professional misconduct.

The nurse was reprimanded, her certificate of registration was suspended for four months, and conditions were imposed on her practice.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct including soliciting money from vulnerable clients, failing to administer medications while charting that they were given, and practising and using the title of Registered Practical Nurse while her certificate of registration was suspended.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct that was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and various conditions on her certificate, but declined to order financial restitution to a client, finding it lacked jurisdiction under the Regulated Health Professions Act to do so.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct including stealing prescription pads, forging prescriptions for Oxycodone, and billing for home care client visits that he did not attend.

He also failed to disclose his criminal convictions to his employers.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Member was reprimanded, his certificate of registration was suspended for eight months, and conditions were imposed, including a 24-month prohibition on independent community practice.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a member for practising as a registered nurse, using the title 'RN', and performing controlled acts (administering injections) while her certificate of registration was suspended for non-payment of fees over an eight-year period.

The member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a statement of facts characterizing her conduct as disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Discipline Committee found the conduct to be dishonourable and unprofessional, but rejected the admission that it was disgraceful, finding insufficient evidence that it shamed the profession or demonstrated a lack of moral fitness.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a three-month suspension, and remedial terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to her employment at two facilities.

The allegations included speaking to clients in a rude and condescending manner, administering an excessively hot enema, refusing client assignments, abandoning a shift without arranging replacement services, falsifying observation records, and providing her computer access code to an unregulated care provider.

The Member admitted to the allegations through an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to maintain the boundaries of the nurse-client relationship and engaging in a sexual relationship with a vulnerable psychiatric client.

The Member admitted to the boundary violations, including an inappropriate personal and social relationship, but denied the sexual relationship.

The College called no evidence on the sexual abuse allegations, which were dismissed.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Member permanently resigned his certificate of registration and agreed to reimburse the College $5,000 for expenses.

The Committee accepted a joint submission ordering a reprimand.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to report a patient's complaint that reasonably inferred sexual abuse by another nurse.

The Member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging she failed to clarify the nature of the patient's complaint, which she initially interpreted as a concern about catheterization technique.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Member was reprimanded and ordered to complete educational sessions with a nursing expert.

The member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for sexually harassing a co-worker, including inappropriate touching and comments, sometimes in the presence of unconscious clients.

The member admitted to the allegations in an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and remedial conditions on the member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including misappropriating a box of gloves, falsifying employment history on resumes, and multiple instances of substandard patient care such as medication errors and failure to assess clients.

The Member admitted to the allegations through an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and extensive remedial terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for misappropriating narcotics, failing to administer medications, and falsifying records at a long-term care facility.

The Member admitted to the allegations, which included signing for narcotics not administered and falsifying removal times.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for her handling of an aggressive elderly client with dementia.

The nurse intervened when the client was found yelling at a roommate.

While the panel found the initial intervention to remove the client from the roommate's bed was appropriate, it held that the nurse breached the standard of practice by subsequently removing the client's shoes and pants, which escalated the situation.

Allegations of physical abuse, aggressive handling, and improper documentation were dismissed.

The panel imposed a penalty requiring the nurse to complete remedial sessions with a nursing expert.