Deborah Graystone

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

The member admitted to failing to assess a patient's vital signs and blood glucose levels, failing to respond to changes in the patient's condition, failing to transfer the patient to the hospital, and failing to accurately report the patient's condition to her family.

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 a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for inappropriately touching a co-worker on the buttocks with a walking stick.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member's conduct to be dishonourable and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing an oral reprimand, a one-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and a 12-month employer notification period.

The Member, a clinical instructor, was found to have committed professional misconduct involving the sexual harassment of two nursing students.

At the penalty hearing, the College sought a 5-month suspension, an oral reprimand, meetings with a Regulatory Expert, and an 18-month employer notification.

The Member, who was self-represented, contested the 5-month suspension, citing financial hardship.

The Discipline Committee accepted the College's proposed penalty, finding that a 5-month suspension was necessary for specific and general deterrence and to maintain public confidence in the profession.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a Registered Nurse for failing to maintain therapeutic boundaries with a vulnerable mental health patient and for disclosing another patient's personal health information on Facebook.

The Member admitted to the allegations, including engaging in a non-clinical relationship, inappropriate text messaging, and posting details of a patient's death on social media.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and ordered an 8-month suspension, a reprimand, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Nurse employed as a Care Coordinator, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to perform adequate in-home assessments, failing to follow up with patients, and copying colleagues' documentation.

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

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for taking and sharing photos and videos of clients in vulnerable states on Snapchat, and for falsifying her employment history on a resume to conceal her termination for this conduct.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including emotional abuse and dishonourable conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a 5-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification for 18 months.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for failing to maintain therapeutic boundaries with a patient, failing to report the patient's disclosure of potential self-harm, and accessing the patient's personal health information without a clinical purpose.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

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

The Member, a registered nurse, was found to have committed professional misconduct after stealing oxycodone tablets from a home care patient and subsequently failing to report the resulting criminal charges and convictions to the College.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a five-month suspension, a reprimand, and various conditions on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification requirements.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against the Member, who was the owner and operator of a long-term care home.

The Member admitted to falsifying her annual renewal forms to indicate she was practicing nursing when she was not, and to improperly receiving a salary from the nursing and personal care funding envelope despite not providing direct care.

She also admitted to failing to ensure her facility complied with the Long-Term Care Homes Act, which resulted in the revocation of its licence.

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

Noting that the Member had already permanently resigned her registration, the Committee ordered her to appear for an oral reprimand.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to her care of a patient in active labour.

The Member failed to adequately monitor the fetal and maternal heart rates, ignoring coincidence alarms for an extended period, and failed to document vital signs and other assessments.

The baby was born without vital signs and later died.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

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 College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent, a Registered Practical Nurse, for multiple incidents involving verbal and physical abuse of clients, failure to follow a physician's order, and failure to document care.

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

The Discipline Committee found the respondent committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand.

The respondent also entered into an undertaking to permanently resign from the College.

The Member, a Registered Nurse and Director of Care at a long-term care facility, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to immediately report suspected client abuse to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

After being informed of video evidence showing Personal Support Workers abusing a client, the Member delayed reporting the incident for over two months and failed to take immediate steps to protect other clients.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

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, received a two-month suspension, and was ordered to complete remedial education and meetings with a nursing expert.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a registered nurse working on a schizophrenia inpatient unit.

The member admitted to failing to appropriately follow up after a client discussed suicide (the client subsequently committed suicide), blessing water for a client to address evil spirits without consulting the interdisciplinary team, and bringing therapeutically inappropriate horror movies to the unit.

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 a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a registered nurse for using excessive force and verbal abuse while handling infant clients in a neonatal intensive care unit.

The member admitted to the allegations, including roughly handling infants, unnecessarily removing a breathing mask, and using profanity.

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

Pursuant to a joint submission, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, noting the member had already signed an undertaking to permanently resign from the College.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for striking a vulnerable psychiatric client three times with a closed fist after the client spat on him.

The Member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that his actions constituted physical and emotional abuse, contravened the standards of practice, and were disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by accessing the electronic medical records of approximately 63 clients without consent or authorization between 2010 and 2015.

The unauthorized accesses included records of family members, co-workers, and friends.

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

The Member was ordered to receive an oral reprimand, serve a four-month suspension, and complete remedial terms and conditions, including employer notification for 12 months.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, was found to have committed professional misconduct by misappropriating narcotics from a client at a retirement home on multiple occasions and by failing to report the resulting criminal charges to the College.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven and ordered an oral reprimand, a seven-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on her practice, including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification requirements.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to professional misconduct after engaging in inappropriate conduct and communication with a 16-year-old client.

The Member allowed the client to watch an R-rated movie on his personal iPad, showed the client personal photos, exchanged phone numbers, and sent text messages asking the client to provide contact information for a marijuana supplier.

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

The Member was found to have committed professional misconduct for failing to report the abuse of a client.

At the penalty hearing, the College sought a two-month suspension, while the Member argued for a six-week suspension.

The Discipline Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including mandatory meetings with a Nursing Expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the Member committed professional misconduct by failing to report an incident where she observed a colleague strike a psychiatric client and place him in a headlock.

The Member denied seeing the abuse, claiming she was focused on securing the client's ankles during the restraint.

Relying on video surveillance footage and witness testimony, the Discipline Committee found that the Member had ample opportunity to observe the abuse and did in fact see it.

The Committee rejected the defence expert's theory of unintentional blindness.

The Member was found to have breached the standards of practice and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct by failing to report the incident.