Kimberley Ellen Ishmael

The Member, a registered nurse, was referred to the Discipline Committee for failing to cooperate with the College's Quality Assurance Committee and failing to complete a required practice assessment.

Despite multiple extensions and offers of accommodation, the Member failed to complete the requirements and subsequently practiced in violation of terms, conditions, and limitations placed on her certificate of registration.

The matter proceeded by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims totaling $2,090 to her employer's group benefit plan for orthopedic footwear and compression stockings.

The claims were supported by prescriptions created using a physician's stamp without authorization.

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 4-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent nurse for submitting false claims under her employer's group benefit plan.

The Discipline Committee found that the respondent submitted false claims totaling $9,655.00 and accepted payment for them.

The Committee concluded this conduct constituted professional misconduct, including misappropriation of property, falsifying records, and dishonourable conduct.

The respondent's certificate of registration was suspended for six months, and she was ordered to attend meetings with a regulatory expert and notify future employers.

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

The Member admitted to failing to obey two Community Health Protection Orders related to inadequate infection prevention and control measures during foot care services, including a failure to sterilize instruments.

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

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including remediation and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a registered nurse for making racist and offensive comments about a physician colleague and patients.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, noting the conduct was dishonourable and unprofessional.

Pursuant to a Joint Submission on Order, 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 in a neonatal intensive care unit, faced allegations of professional misconduct including roughly handling infants, making inappropriate and culturally insensitive comments to parents, and falsifying a patient's medical record.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct, breaching several standards of practice.

Pursuant to a Joint Submission on Order, and noting the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College, the Committee ordered the Member to appear for an oral reprimand.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan for medical products she did not receive, totalling $6,560.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member misappropriated property, falsified records, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a four-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification for 12 months upon return to practice.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan, receiving $4,305 in monetary payments or store credits for items not covered by the plan.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims under her employer's benefit plan between 2010 and 2018, receiving at least $10,105.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member contravened standards of practice, misappropriated property, falsified records, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a four-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims totaling approximately $5,892.50 under her employer's benefit plan between 2013 and 2016.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found that the Member misappropriated property, falsified records, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a 3-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for stealing $125 from a vulnerable patient's room at a retirement residence and failing to report the resulting criminal charges and findings of guilt to the College.

The Member admitted to the allegations and pled guilty to two counts of theft under $5000 in criminal court.

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

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension, 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 disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct.

The nurse admitted to failing to maintain the boundaries of the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship by engaging in a personal relationship with a patient, which included communicating outside the therapeutic relationship, socializing in person, and accepting gifts and loans.

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

The nurse was reprimanded, suspended for four months, and subjected to terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with the mother of a pediatric patient while providing home care.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member breached professional boundaries, emotionally abused the patient, and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 9-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for allowing unauthorized individuals into the nursing station to discuss her personal business while on duty, creating a risk of a privacy breach.

She was also alleged to have used names other than her registered name in professional contexts, causing confusion to the public.

The Member admitted to the allegations via 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 three-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for multiple incidents of professional misconduct across two facilities.

The allegations included breaching client confidentiality, misappropriating $400 from a client, misappropriating narcotics (Percocet), falsifying medication records, and failing to comply with interim terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed the alleged acts of professional misconduct, characterizing her actions as disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee ordered an oral reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration.

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 defendant moved for summary judgment to dismiss the plaintiff's action as statute-barred by the Limitations Act, 2002, concerning unpaid pension contributions.

The court found that the plaintiff ought to have known that litigation was an appropriate means to remedy her claim by October 27, 2011, given clear denials of liability from the defendant and the plaintiff's representation by counsel.

As the action was commenced on September 10, 2015, it was outside the two-year limitation period.

The motion for summary judgment was granted, and the action was dismissed.