Lorenza Barron

The Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing after finding the member nurse committed professional misconduct by sexually abusing a client.

The College sought mandatory revocation of the member's certificate of registration, a reprimand, and reimbursement for the client's therapy.

The member requested that the mandatory revocation be suspended pending his appeal.

The panel ordered immediate revocation, a reprimand, and up to $5,000 in reimbursement for therapy.

While acknowledging its jurisdiction to suspend a mandatory revocation, the panel declined to do so given the predatory nature of the abuse and the absence of extraordinary circumstances.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for multiple allegations of professional misconduct, including patient abuse, unauthorized use of restraints, and falsifying medical records in a psychiatric intensive care unit.

The discipline panel found that the nurse confined a vulnerable patient without clinical justification, applied five-point restraints inappropriately, failed to monitor the patient, used abusive language, and falsified the patient's chart to justify her actions.

The panel concluded that the nurse's actions constituted professional misconduct, abuse, and disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

As the nurse had already resigned her certificate of registration, the panel noted that revocation would have been the appropriate penalty.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for sexually abusing a vulnerable, intoxicated client in the emergency department.

The client alleged the nurse placed the client's hand on his penis and masturbated while the client was incapacitated.

The panel found the client's testimony highly credible and corroborated by security video footage, which contradicted the nurse's alternative explanation.

The panel concluded the nurse committed professional misconduct, including sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who continued to practise nursing after voluntarily surrendering her certificate of registration.

The member used a different name, falsified annual payment cards, and misled her employers about her registration status.

She was also criminally convicted of theft, fraud, and failing to comply with an undertaking.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, noting her actions were disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee revoked her certificate of registration and ordered an oral reprimand.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for misappropriating funds from residents, making unauthorized purchases on a facility credit card, and taking money from a petty cash trust account.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven based on witness testimony and the Member's prior criminal convictions for theft and fraud related to the same conduct.

The Committee concluded the Member's actions constituted professional misconduct that was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional, and ordered the immediate revocation of her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered practical nurse, pled guilty to professional misconduct after being convicted of robbery with violence.

The Member had stabbed a taxi driver while attempting to rob him to support an addiction.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and imposed terms and conditions requiring sessions with a nursing expert.

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.