Bill Weichel

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for failing to accurately assess and document a client's heel ulcer, and for continuing to practise and hold herself out as a nurse while her certificate of registration was suspended for non-payment of fees.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct on all allegations.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a nine-month suspension, terms and conditions on her certificate, and $1,500 in costs.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse who acted as the Nurse in Charge at a remote northern nursing station.

The College alleged that the nurse failed to meet standards of practice by wasting narcotics without a witness, administering multiple doses of narcotics without a physician's order, failing to properly document the administration and disposal of narcotics, and failing to maintain appropriate security systems for narcotics, including leaving narcotic keys unattended.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct on all counts, noting her blatant disregard for policies and procedures which facilitated the theft of narcotics.

The nurse's certificate of registration was revoked, and she was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and $10,000 in costs.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for working at a second facility while on sick leave and collecting sick benefits from their primary employer.

The Member admitted to the allegations, which included contravening a standard of practice, misappropriating property, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission as to Penalty.

The Member was ordered to appear for a reprimand and pay a $100 fine to the Minister of Finance.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to engaging in a sexual relationship with a psychiatric patient while employed at a hospital.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct by sexually abusing the patient and violating professional boundaries.

The Member brought a Charter challenge, arguing that the mandatory revocation penalty discriminated against her on the basis of a mental disability.

The panel dismissed the Charter challenge, finding insufficient evidence that the Member suffered from a mental disability that affected her functioning at the time of the misconduct.

The panel ordered the mandatory penalty of revocation of the Member's certificate of registration and a reprimand.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to multiple incidents of verbal, physical, and emotional abuse of elderly clients over a three-year period.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct for contravening standards of practice, abusing clients, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a Joint Submission as to Penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and imposed strict monitoring and preceptorship conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

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

The nurse admitted to suggesting that two psychiatric clients be locked in a special observation room, failing to intervene when the clients barricaded the door, and failing to document the events.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and found the nurse committed professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand and imposed conditions on the nurse's certificate of registration, including completing a psychiatric nursing assessment course and viewing an abuse prevention video, but declined to impose a suspension.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for yelling at, striking, and verbally abusing a cognitively impaired client in a secure unit.

The Discipline Committee heard testimony from several witnesses, including colleagues who observed or heard parts of the incident.

The Committee found the College's witnesses credible and the Member's testimony hostile and vague.

The Member was found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain the standard of practice, abusing the client, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered a one-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration, including completing an abuse prevention program.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, was found guilty of professional misconduct after being convicted of defrauding an elderly, vulnerable couple of over $34,000 while employed as their caregiver.

The Member did not attend the discipline hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered the revocation of her Certificate of Registration, emphasizing the severe breach of trust and the need for general deterrence.