Dawn Cutler

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for multiple incidents of professional misconduct while working in a targeted engagement and diversion program.

The Member failed to document patient care, ignored calls for assistance, failed to secure a medication cart, delayed responding to overdose situations, and failed to assess a patient who later died.

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

The Member's certificate of registration was suspended for seven months, with conditions imposed upon her return to practice.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for professional misconduct involving the physical, emotional, and verbal abuse of a vulnerable patient.

The Member admitted to the allegations, including making insensitive comments, delaying bedpan removal, and handling the patient roughly.

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

The Committee accepted the joint submission, ordering an oral reprimand and noting the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse for failing to participate in the mandatory Quality Assurance Program.

Despite multiple notifications and opportunities to complete the 2015 and 2017 practice assessments, the member did not comply or respond.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct by failing to cooperate with the Quality Assurance Committee and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The member's certificate of registration was suspended for four months, and she was ordered to attend meetings with a regulatory expert and complete the next available Quality Assurance program cycle.

The Member, a registered practical nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to cooperate with the College's Quality Assurance Committee.

Despite multiple notices, the Member failed to complete required practice assessment activities.

The Member admitted to the allegations, citing personal issues including displacement by a fire, but acknowledged her failure to update her address and respond to correspondence.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and mandatory participation in the next Quality Assurance cycle.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to participate in the College's Quality Assurance Program after being randomly selected.

Despite multiple notices and extensions, the Member did not complete the required practice assessment or respond to communications.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to participate in the College's Quality Assurance Practice Assessment and Practice Simulation in 2018 and 2019.

The Member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, terms and conditions on her certificate of registration, and mandatory participation in the next Quality Assurance program cycle.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to report multiple criminal charges and a finding of guilt for impaired driving to the College of Nurses of Ontario between 2014 and 2019.

The Member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a four-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and terms and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for sending inappropriate Facebook messages to potential witnesses from a prior discipline hearing and disclosing confidential information obtained during that proceeding.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, noting the conduct was unprofessional and dishonourable.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against the Member for professional misconduct.

The Member had been criminally convicted of assaulting 11 patients, many of whom were minors, by conducting improper physical examinations.

He also breached a court recognizance and a written undertaking with the College by conducting an unsupervised physical examination of a 19-year-old male.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven, concluding the Member's conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

Given the severity of the misconduct, the Member's lack of participation, and his ungovernability, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand and the immediate revocation of his certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for engaging in a personal, romantic, and sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient from a supervised consumption site shortly after the therapeutic relationship ended.

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

The Member was reprimanded, her certificate of registration was suspended for 6 months, and terms, conditions, and limitations were imposed.

The member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to maintain therapeutic boundaries, engaging in financial abuse, and practicing in a conflict of interest.

The member admitted to purchasing a vulnerable patient's home and assets below market value, accepting power of attorney for the patient, and being named a beneficiary in the patient's will.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering an 8-month suspension, a reprimand, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the member's certificate of registration.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct including a medication error, failing to transfer accountability, inappropriate communication regarding medication, and crossing professional boundaries by kissing a patient with dementia.

The matter proceeded by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted the joint submission, ordering a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for accessing the personal health information of multiple patients and her own records without authorization or clinical purpose over a five-year period.

She also engaged in a verbal confrontation with a colleague on hospital grounds.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found her guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced a discipline hearing for failing to appropriately monitor a patient, failing to assess the patient after a change in condition, failing to initiate CPR when the patient was found without vital signs, and falsifying documentation to indicate hourly checks had been performed.

The Member admitted to the allegations via 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 three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for participating in an intervention where a patient was physically and chemically restrained to obtain a blood sample without consent.

The member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging she failed to consult a physician and breached standards of practice regarding consent and least restraint.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct and that her actions were disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The panel accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, noting the member had permanently resigned from the College.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, faced a discipline hearing for professional misconduct relating to her care of a patient who fell while disembarking a transit bus and subsequently died.

The Member admitted to failing to assess the patient, failing to complete an incident report, and failing to take appropriate action when the patient's health declined the following day.

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

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered a three-month suspension, a reprimand, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to engage in therapeutic communications, pushing a 92-year-old patient, and using excessive force to hold the patient down on a stretcher.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct by verbally, physically, and emotionally abusing the patient.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse for misappropriating narcotics, falsifying electronic health records, accessing confidential patient records without authorization, and failing to report criminal charges to the College.

The member did not attend the hearing.

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

The Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and that his certificate of registration be immediately revoked.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the Member for failing to report multiple criminal charges and findings of guilt in Florida, including driving under the influence and disorderly conduct.

The Discipline Committee proceeded in the Member's absence and found that she committed professional misconduct by failing to meet her mandatory reporting obligations.

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

The member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally abusing and making inappropriate, non-therapeutic comments to three vulnerable patients in a mental health inpatient unit.

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

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a five-month suspension, a reprimand, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.