The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct after mistakenly inserting a rectal suppository into the vagina of a four-and-a-half-year-old anesthetized patient in the operating room.
The Member admitted to failing to maintain the standards of practice.
The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Fact and found the Member committed professional misconduct.
A Joint Submission on Penalty was accepted, resulting in an oral reprimand and a direction that the results of the proceeding not be included in the public portion of the register, given the Member's remorse, immediate remedial actions, and unblemished 30-year career.