Date:

19-Sep-2019

Completion Date:

24-Nov-2020

Details:

The member was directed by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC) to attend before the ICRC to be cautioned with respect to the following standards and/or guidelines:

• Professional Standards
• Documentation
• Medication

Date:

27-Jun-2023

Source:

Discipline Committee

Details:

3. a) The member will attend 2 meetings with a Regulatory Expert (the “Expert”), at the member’s own expense and within 6 months from the date that this Order becomes final. To comply, the member is required to ensure that:

i. The Expert has expertise in nursing regulation and has been approved by CNO in advance of the meetings;
ii. At least 5 days before the first meeting, or within another timeframe approved by the Expert, the member provides the Expert with a copy of:

1. the Panel’s Order,
2. the Notice of Hearing, and
3. if available, a copy of the Panel’s Decision and Reasons;

iii. Before the first meeting, the member reviews the following CNO publications and completes the associated Reflective Questionnaires, online learning modules and decision tools (where applicable):

1. Code of Conduct,
2. Medication Standard,
3. Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship Standard;

iv. Before the first meeting, the member reviews and completes the CNO’s self-directed learning package, One is One Too Many, at the member’s own expense, including the self-directed Nurses’ Workbook;

v. At least 5 days before the first meeting, or within another timeframe approved by the Expert, the member provides the Expert with a copy of the completed
Reflective Questionnaires and Nurses’ Workbook.

vi. The subject of the sessions with the Expert will include:

1. the acts or omissions for which the member was found to have committed professional misconduct,
2. the potential consequences of the misconduct to the member’s patients, colleagues, profession and self,
3. strategies for preventing the misconduct from recurring,
4. the publications, questionnaires and modules set out above, and
5. the development of a learning plan in collaboration with the Expert;

vii. Within 30 days after the member has completed the second session, the member will confirm that the Expert forwards their report to CNO, in which
the Expert will confirm:

1. the dates the member attended the sessions,
2. that the Expert received the required documents from the member,
3. that the Expert reviewed the required documents and subjects with the member, and
4. the Expert’s assessment of the member’s insight into the member’s behaviour;

viii. Within six months after returning to practice following her suspension, the member shall have a third meeting with the Expert at her own expense to discuss how she has implemented the strategies recommended during the previous two meetings with the Expert.

ix. Within 30 days after the third meeting, the member will confirm that the Expert forwards their report to CNO, in which the Expert will confirm:

1. the date the member attended the session, and
2. the Expert’s assessment of the member’s implementation of the recommended strategies.

x. If the member does not comply with any of the requirements above, the Expert may cancel any session scheduled, even if that results in the member
breaching a term, condition or limitation on the member’s certificate of registration.

3. b) For a period of 12 months from the date the member returns to the practice of nursing, the member will notify the member’s employers of the decision. To comply, the member is required to:

i. Inform any employer of the decision prior to commencing or prior to resuming employment in any nursing position;

ii. Ensure that CNO is notified of the name, address, and telephone number of all employer(s) within 14 days of commencing or resuming employment in any
nursing position;

iii. Provide the member’s employer(s) with a copy of:

1. the Panel’s Order,
2. the Notice of Hearing, and
3. a copy of the Panel’s Decision and Reasons, once available;

iv. Ensure that within 14 days of the commencement or resumption of the member’s employment in any nursing position, the employer(s) forward(s) a report to CNO, in which it will confirm:

1. that they received a copy of the required documents, and
2. that they agree to notify CNO immediately upon receipt of any information that the member has breached the standards of practice of
the profession; and,

4. All documents delivered by the member to CNO, the Expert or the employer(s) will be delivered by verifiable method, the proof of which the member will retain.

Date:

19-Sep-2019

Completion Date:

27-Jul-2020

Details:

The member was directed by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC) to complete remedial activities with respect to the following standards and/or guidelines:

• Professional Standards
• Documentation
• Medication

Source:

Discipline Committee

Date:

17-Jan-2023

Finding Details:

The member was found to have committed professional misconduct in or between August and September 2019 in that the member:

• contravened the standards of practice of the profession and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct by failing to turn and/or reposition a patient and failing to administer pain medication prior to bathing the patient.

Outcome Date:

27-Jun-2023

Outcome Details:

The Discipline Committee ordered that the member’s certificate of registration be suspended for 2 months; required the member to appear before the panel to be reprimanded; and imposed the following terms, conditions and limitations on the member’s certificate of registration:

• Must successfully complete specified remedial activities
• Must inform employer(s) of results of discipline hearing
• Must inform CNO of all nursing employer(s) for a period of time

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