Sheila Richardson

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for incidents occurring during an evening shift at a long-term care residence.

The Member was alleged to have left a medication cart unlocked and unattended, verbally and emotionally abused two vulnerable residents, and failed to assess a resident experiencing a breathing crisis.

The Member did not attend the hearing and dismissed his counsel mid-proceeding.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct on all allegations, noting his behaviour was unprofessional, disgraceful, and dishonourable.

The Committee ordered a four-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and remedial education on abuse prevention and anger management.

The Member, a registered nurse at a mental health facility, faced allegations of professional misconduct for making inappropriate and verbally abusive comments to two clients.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, noting the comments contravened practice standards and constituted verbal abuse.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a suspended one-month suspension, and conditions requiring anger management counselling and a health assessment.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a registered nurse for allegedly striking a psychiatric patient and falsifying the patient's records to conceal the incident.

The Discipline Committee found that the College failed to prove the nurse deliberately struck the patient, as the contact may have been defensive.

However, the Committee found the nurse guilty of professional misconduct for deliberately falsifying clinical records and incident reports to hide his involvement in the altercation.

The nurse's certificate of registration was suspended for 15 months, with conditions for practice monitoring upon return to employment.