Kim Jinkerson

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent, a Registered Practical Nurse, for criminal convictions including theft, forgery, and impaired driving, as well as for exploiting vulnerable clients.

The respondent was found to have misappropriated property, breached therapeutic boundaries, and engaged in disgraceful and dishonourable conduct.

The Discipline Committee found all allegations proven and ordered the revocation of the respondent's certificate of registration.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct including soliciting money from vulnerable clients, failing to administer medications while charting that they were given, and practising and using the title of Registered Practical Nurse while her certificate of registration was suspended.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and various conditions on her certificate, but declined to order financial restitution to a client, finding it lacked jurisdiction under the Regulated Health Professions Act to do so.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a Registered Practical Nurse for numerous medication administration and documentation errors, as well as sexual harassment of a co-worker.

The member admitted to the medication and documentation errors but denied the sexual harassment.

The Discipline Committee found the practice-related allegations proven based on an Agreed Statement of Facts.

However, the Committee dismissed the sexual harassment allegations, finding the evidence of the complainant and the member equally credible and therefore insufficient to meet the burden of proof.

The member was penalized with a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms and conditions on his certificate of registration, including employer notification.

The member faced a disciplinary hearing after being found guilty of criminal fraud over $5,000 for improperly using her employer's corporate credit card to defraud them of approximately $30,000.

The member admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty and ordered the revocation of the member's certificate of registration, emphasizing the need for specific and general deterrence for breaches of trust.

The Member, a registered practical nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including administering unprescribed medication, inappropriately restraining a client, failing to document care, and removing a CD containing client photographs from a facility.

The Member admitted to the allegations and an Agreed Statement of Facts was presented.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct.

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

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to appear before the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee for an oral caution and failing to respond to the College's communications.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, noting her actions demonstrated a significant disregard for the College's regulatory mandate.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, an oral caution, a one-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the Member, who had pled guilty in criminal court to theft and fraud for misappropriating a credit card and $1,005.00 from an elderly client at a long-term care facility.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct as the criminal offences were relevant to her suitability to practise.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations, including sessions with a nursing expert and employer notification requirements.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against the Member for practising as a registered practical nurse while her certificate of registration was suspended for non-payment of fees.

Over a 12-year period, the Member held herself out as a nurse, submitted fraudulent Annual Payment Cards to her employer, and performed unauthorized controlled acts on vulnerable clients.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Member's certificate of registration was suspended for a minimum of five months, subject to specific remediation conditions.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for providing a falsified Police Clearance Certificate to her employer.

The certificate had been altered to conceal a prior criminal conviction for fraud.

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

The Member was reprimanded, her certificate of registration was suspended for one month, and conditions were imposed requiring her to meet with a nursing expert and notify future employers of the decision.

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.