Sandra Millar

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for incidents occurring during an evening shift at a long-term care residence.

The Member was alleged to have left a medication cart unlocked and unattended, verbally and emotionally abused two vulnerable residents, and failed to assess a resident experiencing a breathing crisis.

The Member did not attend the hearing and dismissed his counsel mid-proceeding.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct on all allegations, noting his behaviour was unprofessional, disgraceful, and dishonourable.

The Committee ordered a four-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and remedial education on abuse prevention and anger management.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the Member committed professional misconduct by straddling a client and posing for photographs during a cosmetic surgery procedure.

The Discipline Committee found that the College failed to prove the allegations.

The evidence demonstrated that an emergency occurred during the surgery requiring the patient to be restrained, and the photographs captured a split second of this event rather than a posed tableau.

The allegations of physical and emotional abuse, as well as disgraceful conduct, were dismissed.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the member committed professional misconduct by straddling a patient and posing for photographs during a cosmetic surgery procedure.

The Discipline Committee found that the member used a straddle restraint appropriately in response to an emergency where the patient moved vigorously under neuroleptic anaesthesia.

The Committee also found that the member did not pose for the photographs, which were taken by the surgeon without the member's prior knowledge.

The allegations of professional misconduct, physical abuse, and emotional abuse were dismissed.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for professional misconduct.

The nurse was alleged to have misappropriated property by using an elderly, incapacitated client's credit card without authorization on eight occasions.

The nurse did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven based on evidence from the client's niece, who held Power of Attorney, and the facility's Executive Director.

The nurse was found to have committed professional misconduct and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a five-month suspension, and imposed conditions on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for misappropriating Ativan from several clients at a long-term care facility.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering a six-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, imposing conditions on her return to practice, and requiring an oral reprimand.