Linda Marie Pacheco

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct while employed at two group homes.

The Member failed to keep adequate records, failed to ensure a vulnerable patient received adequate meals and medications, and failed to provide sanitary living conditions.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by breaching standards of practice, abusing the patient physically and emotionally, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

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

The Member, a registered practical nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to cooperate with the College's Quality Assurance Committee.

Despite multiple notices, the Member failed to complete required practice assessment activities.

The Member admitted to the allegations, citing personal issues including displacement by a fire, but acknowledged her failure to update her address and respond to correspondence.

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 two-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and mandatory participation in the next Quality Assurance cycle.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to his care of two psychiatric patients.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member failed to discontinue a patient's seclusion in a timely manner, used improper physical restraint techniques on another patient, and made unprofessional comments about a colleague.

The Member admitted to the allegations and permanently resigned his certificate of registration.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct including a medication error, failing to transfer accountability, inappropriate communication regarding medication, and crossing professional boundaries by kissing a patient with dementia.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted the joint submission, ordering a reprimand, a 3-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 engage in therapeutic communications, pushing a 92-year-old patient, and using excessive force to hold the patient down on a stretcher.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct by verbally, physically, and emotionally abusing the patient.

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

The Member, a clinical instructor, was found to have committed professional misconduct involving the sexual harassment of two nursing students.

At the penalty hearing, the College sought a 5-month suspension, an oral reprimand, meetings with a Regulatory Expert, and an 18-month employer notification.

The Member, who was self-represented, contested the 5-month suspension, citing financial hardship.

The Discipline Committee accepted the College's proposed penalty, finding that a 5-month suspension was necessary for specific and general deterrence and to maintain public confidence in the profession.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for misappropriating approximately $8,600 from her employer through unauthorized corporate credit card use and for subsequently misrepresenting her educational credentials to a new employer by submitting a falsified university transcript and letter.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct, noting her actions demonstrated poor judgment, dishonesty, and a serious disregard for professional obligations.

The Committee ordered a 10-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and a 24-month employer notification requirement.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct arising from her provision of home care to a vulnerable child.

The Member admitted to failing to document care, crossing professional boundaries by requesting additional shifts and a reference letter from the patient's father, and misappropriating the patient's communication book containing health records.

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 four-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a registered practical nurse for harassing and threatening a co-worker, and for failing to report criminal charges and findings of guilt to the College.

The nurse admitted to the allegations, which included uttering death threats and trespassing.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a seven-month suspension, and conditions on the nurse's certificate of registration.

The Member, an administrator at a private hospital, admitted to professional misconduct for scheduling and permitting her sister to work as a Registered Practical Nurse while her certificate of registration was suspended.

The Member also failed to report this unsafe practice to the College.

The Discipline Committee found the conduct to be disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a three-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and terms requiring meetings with a regulatory expert.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a registered nurse for failing to properly triage a patient presenting with chest pain and for discarding an electrocardiogram test.

The patient, who was under-assessed as a lower priority, was left in the waiting room without a medical directive being initiated and subsequently died.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the nurse committed professional misconduct.

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