The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for violating professional boundaries with a forensic mental health patient.
The Member admitted to maintaining a friendship, visiting, loaning money, and conducting banking transactions for the patient over several years, despite previous warnings from her employer and the College.
The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.
Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a nine-month suspension, a reprimand, and the completion of a remedial workbook on therapeutic boundaries.