Vanessa Yanagawa

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 Member, a Registered Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to appropriately assess, document, and intervene when a patient exhibited signs of deteriorating health, and for failing to initiate resuscitation when the patient was found without vital signs.

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, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for submitting false claims under her employer's benefit plan between 2011 and 2017, receiving at least $14,515.

The Member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging she split the proceeds with service providers and used fraudulent prescriptions.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a four-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification for 12 months.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims under her employer's benefit plan between 2010 and 2018, receiving at least $10,105.

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, a four-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 for support stockings under her employer's benefit plan, receiving $2,400.

The Discipline Committee 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 terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to her care of a patient in labour.

The Member admitted to failing to monitor the fetal heart rate, failing to recognize inadequate progress of labour, failing to seek medical assistance, and failing to document her care and efforts to seek assistance.

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 5-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including remedial education in obstetrics.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and emotionally abusing patients at a long-term care facility, including making inappropriate comments and being involved in unauthorized photography of a 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 ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced a discipline hearing for failing to appropriately monitor a patient, failing to assess the patient after a change in condition, failing to initiate CPR when the patient was found without vital signs, and falsifying documentation to indicate hourly checks had been performed.

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