Margarita Cleghorne

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 nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct after a patient in the emergency department committed suicide.

The Member failed to conduct required periodic assessments of the patient and subsequently falsified the patient's health record to indicate that checks had been performed when they had not.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct, including contravening standards of practice, failing to keep records, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct, alleging verbal, physical, and emotional abuse of vulnerable patients at a long-term care facility, as well as inappropriate comments about a colleague.

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

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

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 5-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to abide by a written undertaking with the College of Nurses of Ontario.

The Member admitted to accepting employment with multiple employers, including staffing agencies, without disclosing his practice restrictions or arranging for required workplace monitoring.

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

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse for unauthorized access to the electronic medical records of approximately 318 patients and for misappropriating medication from patients' homes during visits that lacked a clinical purpose.

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

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 7-month suspension, and imposed conditions on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification requirements.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for multiple incidents of patient abuse involving vulnerable patients with cognitive impairments.

The Member was alleged to have yelled at a patient, aggressively ripped off a patient's gloves, wrapped a blanket around another patient's head, and placed a towel in a third patient's mouth.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member's actions constituted verbal, physical, and emotional abuse, and breached the standards of practice.

The Member, who did not attend the hearing, was ordered to receive an oral reprimand, a six-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her 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 for accessing the personal health information of multiple patients and her own records without authorization or clinical purpose over a five-year period.

She also engaged in a verbal confrontation with a colleague on hospital grounds.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found her guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including failing to document a patient's visit, failing to arrange a physician assessment for a suicidal patient, and communicating inappropriately with colleagues and a patient's family.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and that her conduct was dishonourable and unprofessional, though not disgraceful.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a four-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against the member, a registered nurse, for incidents occurring between 2015 and 2017.

The allegations included making racist comments to a vulnerable patient, failing to assess patients, failing to administer and document medications, leaving a shift early without providing a report, and failing to maintain constant observation of an unpredictable patient.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed multiple acts of professional misconduct that were disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

Given the seriousness, repetitive nature of the conduct, and lack of evidence of remediation or remorse, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of registration and a reprimand.

The member, a registered practical nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to monitor and de-escalate a psychiatric patient who was engaging in self-harm, and for using profanity when discussing the patient with a colleague.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the member's conduct fell below the standards of practice and constituted dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered a verbal reprimand, noting the member had already permanently resigned her certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to maintain therapeutic boundaries with a vulnerable client and failing to adequately document care.

The Member engaged in a personal relationship with the client, exchanged over 1,100 text messages of a personal nature, and took the client bowling.

She also failed to document her care in a timely manner and failed to complete an incident report.

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

A joint submission on penalty was accepted, resulting in a reprimand, a five-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for posting a client's personal health information and making inappropriate and threatening comments towards the client's family members on a public Facebook page.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by breaching confidentiality and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent nurse after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a co-worker in a nursing residence.

The respondent did not attend the discipline hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the criminal conviction for sexual assault was relevant to his suitability to practise and constituted professional misconduct.

Given the seriousness of the offence, the violence involved, and the respondent's failure to participate in the proceedings, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of his certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for stealing narcotics from her hospital employer, falsifying medication administration records, and failing to report her subsequent criminal charges and conviction for theft to the College.

The Member admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension, terms and conditions including meetings with a nursing expert, and a 24-month employer notification requirement.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a Registered Practical Nurse for accessing the electronic medical records of 355 clients without consent or authorization.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member contravened the standards of practice and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

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