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.