The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for misappropriating approximately $2,100 from an elderly, vulnerable patient while employed as a Personal Support Worker.
The Member used the patient's cheques and signature stamp to write cheques to herself.
The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member's conduct disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.
The Member was reprimanded, suspended for five months, and subjected to terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.