Public Representative

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for collecting sick benefits from a hospital while simultaneously working shifts for a health services company.

The Member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that her actions were disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Fact and a Joint Submission on Penalty.

The Member was found guilty of professional misconduct and penalized with an oral reprimand and a $1,000 fine.

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

The member admitted to falsely representing herself as a Registered Nurse (RN) to her employer, clients, and colleagues, and falsifying her employment history, while only registered as a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN).

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 30-day suspension of her certificates of registration, and a $1,000 fine.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for professional misconduct after falsifying time sheets to receive payment for shifts she did not work.

Over a one-year period, the Member misappropriated $2,158.00 from her employer.

The Member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a joint submission on penalty.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission, ordering a reprimand, a 60-day suspension, and conditions requiring proof of restitution and completion of an ethics course.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced a discipline hearing for professional misconduct related to her failure to properly monitor a fetal heart rate during labour, which ended in a stillbirth.

The Member admitted to the allegations in an Agreed Statement of Facts, acknowledging she failed to maintain continuous quality tracing, failed to inform physicians of monitoring difficulties, and failed to adequately assess the fetal heart rate.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, noting the Member's unblemished career and voluntary re-education efforts.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct after mistakenly inserting a rectal suppository into the vagina of a four-and-a-half-year-old anesthetized patient in the operating room.

The Member admitted to failing to maintain the standards of practice.

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

A Joint Submission on Penalty was accepted, resulting in an oral reprimand and a direction that the results of the proceeding not be included in the public portion of the register, given the Member's remorse, immediate remedial actions, and unblemished 30-year career.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that a registered nurse committed professional misconduct by physically, verbally, and emotionally abusing elderly residents at a nursing home.

The allegations included slapping patients, isolating a patient in a darkened room for five hours, and yelling at a patient while failing to change a wet incontinence brief.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse guilty of professional misconduct, noting a pattern of abusive behaviour and a lack of insight or remorse.

The nurse's certificate of registration was revoked.