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The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for applying inappropriate physical force to an elderly, cognitively impaired resident and for failing to disclose a past criminal conviction on his annual renewal forms.

The Discipline Committee found that the nurse breached the Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship Standard by pushing the resisting resident down a hallway, constituting physical and emotional abuse.

The Committee also found the nurse committed professional misconduct by falsifying his 2002 annual payment form to conceal a prior criminal conviction.

The nurse's certificate of registration was suspended for three months, and he was ordered to complete remedial education and notify future employers of the decision.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for alleged professional misconduct, including the sexual abuse of a vulnerable adolescent psychiatric client.

The nurse engaged in unauthorized 'hands-on healing' and boundary violations that culminated in sexual intercourse with the client.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse guilty of professional misconduct, noting the severe breach of trust and failure to maintain professional boundaries.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Health Professions Procedural Code, the Committee ordered the revocation of the nurse's certificate of registration and an oral reprimand.

The Member, a registered nurse, was found guilty of assault under the Criminal Code following an off-duty altercation.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged professional misconduct on the basis that the Member was found guilty of an offence relevant to her suitability to practise.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and the Member's admission of professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand and remedial conditions on the Member's certificate of registration, noting the Member had already suffered significant corollary effects including a jail sentence and loss of employment.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for providing confidential information from the 2004 Extended Class Registration Exam to candidates of the 2005 exam, and for failing to abide by a written undertaking to maintain exam confidentiality.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, characterizing the conduct as dishonourable and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and imposing terms on the Member's certificate of registration, including mandatory meetings with a nursing ethics expert.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for misappropriating hospital property, specifically vials of Rocephin and IV supplies, and receiving an unauthorized intravenous infusion while not a patient.

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 30-day suspension, and conditions on her certificate of registration requiring practice consultation and ethics education.

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

The Member admitted to failing to call an anaesthetist to administer an epidural in a timely manner and failing to apply continuous electronic fetal monitoring while the patient ambulated, contrary to hospital policy.

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

The Member was reprimanded, suspended for 30 days, and subjected to conditions on her certificate of registration.

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

The allegations included documenting care that was not performed on a home care client and leaving a shift early at a long-term care facility while failing to follow proper narcotics count and key handover procedures.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a one-month suspension to take effect upon any reinstatement of her certificate of registration, and imposed conditions on her return to practice.

The member, a registered nurse, was found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to report multiple criminal convictions to the College of Nurses of Ontario.

The convictions included mischief over $5,000, criminal harassment, and breaches of undertaking and recognizance, arising from his conduct towards two former partners.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a five-month suspension, and strict conditions on his certificate of registration, including mandatory counselling for stress and anger management.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a Registered Practical Nurse for misappropriating a vial of Hydromorphone and failing to document medication administration on 35 occasions.

The hearing proceeded in the member's absence.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven on a balance of probabilities, relying on clear and convincing evidence including testimony from the clinical manager and narcotic control records.

The member's conduct was found to be disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a one-month suspension, and practice monitoring conditions upon reinstatement.

The Member admitted to committing professional misconduct by practising as a Registered Practical Nurse and performing controlled acts while her certificate of registration was suspended for non-payment of fees over an 18-month period.

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

The Member was reprimanded, her certificate of registration was suspended for 90 days, and conditions were imposed on her return to practice.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for physically and verbally abusing a combative client by slapping his thigh and swearing at him.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and remedial conditions.

The Committee also ordered the Member to pay $100 in costs for late notification of the case settlement under Rule 6 of the Discipline Committee Rules.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to her treatment of an agitated psychiatric client.

The Member admitted to yelling at the client, unintentionally slapping the client on the face and arm, and roughly removing the client's clothing while assisting in placing the client in restraints.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an 8-week suspension, a reprimand, and remedial conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse who had been convicted of fraud over $5,000 for unlawfully obtaining social assistance benefits.

The member failed to disclose this criminal conviction on his annual registration renewal forms for four consecutive years.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The member was reprimanded, suspended for 45 days, and ordered to complete an ethics course.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the member, a registered nurse, based on multiple criminal convictions including fraudulent impersonation, theft, fraud, and breach of probation, as well as misappropriation of property from her workplace.

The member admitted to the allegations and the parties submitted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission as to Penalty.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and, accepting the joint submission, ordered that the member be reprimanded and her Certificate of Registration be revoked.

The Member, a Director of Occupational Health and Infection Control, faced allegations of professional misconduct for disclosing the names of 14 staff members who had not received an influenza vaccination in an email to other staff, and for directing a profanity at a co-worker during a subsequent staff meeting.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by failing to maintain confidentiality and engaging in unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and exercising its discretion not to publish the Member's name due to mitigating factors including her retirement, serious medical condition, and remorse.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the Member for practising while her registration was suspended, pre-pouring medications, and failing to notify her employer of her suspension.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member had worked as a Registered Practical Nurse while suspended, pre-poured medications for a subsequent shift, and failed to inform her employer of her suspension.

Allegations regarding failing to check pre-poured medications and administering 'prn' medications without assessment were dismissed due to insufficient evidence.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Registration, emphasizing the serious breach of public trust and the Member's ungovernability.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for breaching his parole conditions and a previous Discipline Committee order by using alcohol and drugs, and for adducing false evidence regarding his sobriety at a prior discipline hearing.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

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

The Committee ordered a 90-day suspension, a reprimand, and conditions on his certificate of registration requiring employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for administering medication to a cognitively impaired client without consent and subsequently threatening a student nurse and other colleagues who reported or investigated the incident.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for falsifying client assessment records and submitting a fraudulent mileage expense claim.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts in which the Member admitted to not attending client visits but completing documentation to make it appear she had, due to workload difficulties.

The Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission as to Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-week suspension, and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for allegedly abusing a patient physically, verbally, and emotionally, and for misappropriating property by claiming sick leave pay from one employer while working a shift for another.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse guilty of verbal and emotional abuse, as well as misappropriation of property, but found the evidence insufficient to prove physical abuse.

The nurse's certificate of registration was suspended for four months, and she was ordered to complete a rehabilitation program and pay costs of $1,500.