Tomoko Fukushima

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for two medication errors: administering eleven medications to the wrong patient (who subsequently died of drug toxicity) and administering the wrong dose of Buprenorphine to another patient.

In both instances, the Member overrode system error alerts.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and 12 months of employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent, a registered nurse, for failing to appropriately document the administration and wasting of narcotics.

The respondent admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the respondent committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty.

The penalty included a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the respondent's certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification requirements.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for submitting false claims to her employer's group benefit plan.

The Member admitted to submitting 15 claims totaling $9,471 and receiving non-medical products, of which approximately $2,000 was inappropriate.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

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 Member, a registered nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit, faced allegations of professional misconduct including roughly handling infants, making inappropriate and culturally insensitive comments to parents, and falsifying a patient's medical record.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct, breaching several standards of practice.

Pursuant to a Joint Submission on Order, and noting the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College, the Committee ordered the Member to appear for an oral reprimand.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by participating in a fraudulent scheme to submit false claims for physiotherapy services and medical compression stockings under his employer's benefit plan, totaling approximately $5,985.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member committed professional misconduct including misappropriation of property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The penalty included an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension, meetings with a Regulatory Expert, and a 12-month period of employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims totaling $2,650 under her employer's benefit plan for orthopaedic products and services, receiving non-medical merchandise instead.

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 an oral reprimand, a three-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, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims totaling approximately $5,892.50 under her employer's benefit plan between 2013 and 2016.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found that the Member misappropriated property, falsified records, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a 3-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.