File 2015-0063
In February 2016, CRNBC received a complaint alleging that a registrant had failed to follow policy and procedure when completing a medical intervention (insertion of a PICC line) on nine patients from June to September 2014. Investigation substantiated the allegations, and the Registrant made admissions. One additional error was identified by CRNBC later during investigation, which occurred December 2013. No patient harm occurred, but patient harm was possible. During the course of investigation, the Registrant admitted to suffering a health ailment impairing practise at that time, for which she sought treatment and for which treatment is ongoing. For the past two years, she has been working in a new practise setting without any noted concerns.
On May 1, 2017 a panel of the Inquiry Committee approved a Consent Agreement under which the Registrant agreed to undertakings involving regular monitoring for fitness to practice, as well as an undertaking not to repeat the conduct and a reprimand for the errors. Disclosure of relevant information will be provided to the employer. The Inquiry Committee deemed the practise errors to be serious in the meaning of the Health Professions Act, but the Registrant’s subsequent efforts to remediate led to a result in which conditions or limits on registration were not required to protect the public.
The name of the Registrant has been withheld in accordance with section 39.3(4)(a) of the Health Professions Act for the purposes of not identifying the personal health information of the Registrant respecting the condition. The Inquiry Committee is satisfied that the undertakings will protect the public.