Mary MacNeil

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for environmentally restraining an 85-year-old patient with dementia in his room for nine hours without a physician's order, clinical justification, or adequate monitoring.

The Member also failed to properly document the restraint and falsely documented monitoring checks.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought a motion requesting the Discipline Committee state a case for contempt to the Divisional Court against the self-represented Member.

The College alleged the Member breached multiple tribunal orders prohibiting contact with expected witnesses.

The Panel found a prima facie case of civil contempt, concluding the Member intentionally contacted witnesses via phone and email despite clear written orders not to do so.

The Panel exercised its discretion to state a case for contempt to the Divisional Court, emphasizing the need to protect witnesses from harassment and maintain the integrity of the regulatory proceedings.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a registered practical nurse for sexually abusing a vulnerable psychiatric patient.

The member admitted to exchanging sexual messages, masturbating on videochat, touching the patient sexually, and accessing her personal health information without consent.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, reimbursement for patient therapy, and the mandatory revocation of the member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse who failed to return a laptop, headset, and backpack to the Regional Municipality of York after her employment contract ended.

Despite 58 requests over several months, the member did not return the equipment.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the member committed professional misconduct by misappropriating property and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for failing to provide adequate care and failing to document care for four patients at a long-term care facility.

The member admitted to the allegations, which included failing to assess a patient on symptom surveillance who later died of sepsis, and failing to escalate another patient's fall.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse who accessed a colleague's electronic medical record without authorization and disclosed to another staff member that the colleague had been admitted to the mental health unit.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the nurse committed professional misconduct by breaching privacy and confidentiality standards.

Applying the public interest test, the Committee accepted the joint submission and ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and remedial conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for accepting a $16,000 bank draft and a $1,000 cheque from an 86-year-old vulnerable patient.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the Member's actions constituted a fundamental breach of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship and amounted to disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 5-month suspension, and remedial conditions including the completion of an ethics program and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for kicking and throwing a knapsack at an intoxicated patient in the emergency department.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of physical and emotional abuse, as well as disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 4-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, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to report multiple criminal charges and a finding of guilt for driving while intoxicated in Texas, as well as disciplinary action by the Texas Board of Nursing.

The Member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts, acknowledging that her conduct was dishonourable and unprofessional, though mitigated by an active substance abuse disorder for which she was now in recovery.

The Discipline Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member committed professional misconduct and ordering an oral reprimand, noting that the Member had concurrently signed an undertaking to permanently resign from the College.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with a patient, providing her home address to the patient, and failing to report a colleague's sexual relationship with another patient.

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 that her conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 9-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and terms, conditions, and limitations including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for disclosing a patient's personal health information to individuals at the patient's workplace without consent.

The hearing proceeded on an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by breaching confidentiality and privacy standards, and that his conduct was dishonourable and unprofessional.

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

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for submitting false claims totaling $2,605 to her employer's group benefit plan and receiving non-medical products in return.

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, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable conduct.

Recognizing that the Member had paid restitution and signed an undertaking to permanently resign from the College, the Committee accepted the joint submission and ordered an oral reprimand.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a Registered Practical Nurse for advertising sexual massage services on Kijiji using his protected nursing title and wearing scrubs.

The member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that his conduct breached the College's Code of Conduct and Professional Standards.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct that was dishonourable and unprofessional.

The panel accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, noting the member had already signed an undertaking to permanently resign from the College and never reapply.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the member committed professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's group benefit plan.

The member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging she submitted claims for products she did not receive and received products not covered by the plan, totalling $2,325.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the Member for engaging in a pattern of unwanted, inappropriately personal, and sexual behaviour towards a colleague.

The Member admitted to the allegations, which included attempting to kiss the colleague, touching her breast, biting her, and sending inappropriate text messages.

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 6-month suspension, and terms including completion of a communication seminar, meetings with a regulatory expert, and 18 months of employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims totaling $3,727.50 to her employer's group benefit plan for medical products and services she did not receive.

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 Order, imposing an oral reprimand, a three-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and terms and conditions including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse who was convicted of criminal negligence causing the death of her four-year-old son and failing to comply with bail conditions.

The member failed to report the criminal charges and convictions to the College.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, concluding that her actions were relevant to her suitability to practice and constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The member's certificate of registration was revoked and she was ordered to appear for an oral reprimand.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including verbal and emotional abuse of multiple vulnerable patients, neglect of basic patient care needs, and failure to document activities of daily living.

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

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

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a 6-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting fraudulent claims to her employer's group benefit plan totaling at least $42,425 over an eight-year period.

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 in light of the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College and never reapply.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a registered nurse for submitting false claims to his employer's group benefit plan.

The member admitted to submitting $2,000 in false claims for medical products and splitting the proceeds with a colleague.

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 a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.