Heather Stevanka

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to inadequate care, medication errors, failure to document, and failure to report conditions imposed on his nursing license in Manitoba.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including unprofessional and dishonourable conduct, but not disgraceful conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a five-month suspension, a reprimand, and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, appeared before the Discipline Committee on allegations of professional misconduct.

While working as a Charge Nurse, the Member became aware that a fellow nurse had engaged in sexual intercourse with a patient but failed to report the abuse to the Hospital or the College.

Furthermore, the Member failed to revise the patient assignment the following night, allowing the abuser to continue caring for the patient.

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

The Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for multiple incidents of professional misconduct while working at a detention centre.

The allegations included medication errors involving methadone, failing to document care, falsifying a medication administration record, verbally abusing inmates, and communicating unprofessionally with colleagues and the College.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, noting her persistent disregard for professional obligations and lack of insight.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's certificate of registration and a reprimand, concluding she was ungovernable.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for misappropriating the narcotic Dilaudid intended for a palliative client and falsifying the client's medication record to indicate it had been administered.

The Member had previously been convicted of criminal theft in relation to the incident.

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 five-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification requirements.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the respondent nurse committed professional misconduct by failing to complete a Specified Continuing Education or Remediation Program (SCERP) ordered by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee.

The Discipline Committee found that the respondent's failure to comply with the order constituted unprofessional conduct, though it did not rise to the level of dishonourable conduct.

The respondent was ordered to appear for a reprimand, her certificate of registration was suspended for two months, and terms, conditions, and limitations were imposed on her certificate.

An appeal and cross-appeal to the Divisional Court were both dismissed.

The member, a registered nurse, was assigned to provide palliative care to a terminally ill 13-year-old client.

The member misappropriated the client's pain medication for her own use, leaving the client without pain relief for five hours, and practised nursing while impaired.

The member was subsequently criminally charged and convicted of several offences, including impaired driving and theft, which she failed to report to the College.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, accepted a joint submission on penalty, and ordered the immediate revocation of her certificate of registration and a reprimand.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for allegedly misappropriating money and narcotics from two vulnerable home care clients.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The panel dismissed the allegations regarding the first client due to inconsistencies in the affidavit evidence.

However, the panel found the Member committed professional misconduct by misappropriating cash from the second client, noting the Member had already pleaded guilty to criminal theft charges for this incident.

The panel ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to complete a Specified Continuing Education or Remediation Program (SCERP) and failing to appear before the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee for an oral caution.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

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, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to report a proceeding and finding of professional misconduct against her in Florida, providing inaccurate information on her annual renewal form, and being found guilty of operating a vessel while impaired by alcohol in Ontario.

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 the imposition of terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for sexually abusing a vulnerable client by engaging in sexual intercourse with them.

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

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration, a reprimand, and reimbursement to the College of up to $5,000 for therapy funding accessed by the client.

The member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by accessing the electronic medical records of a high-profile hospital client without authorization or consent.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and found that the member's actions breached the College's standards of practice and constituted dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

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