On Nov. 19, 2022, Sarah Hennings entered into a Discipline Complaint Resolution Agreement (DCRA) with the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) wherein she admitted to engaging in unprofessional conduct, as defined under the Alberta
Health Professions Act for the following;
Using her Alberta Health Services (AHS) assigned laptop to access the AHS Netcare health records of 179 individuals when she was not performing AHS duties,
Prescribing medication to eight friends/family members,
Prescribing 14 medications to her 60-year-old neighbour, AD, in a non-clinical setting,
During an interview with a journalist, revealing that AD had serious health conditions, and misleading the public by stating that the college imposed interim limits on her practice for her own protection, and
Failing to protect patient confidentiality when she moved and left behind at her previous residence approximately four empty medication containers from patient care she had provided between 2013 and 2018, and documentation for one previous patient she saw in 2018.
Following a section 39.1 hearing under the British Columbia Health Professions Act (the HPA) to determine what action the Discipline Committee should take following Ms. Henning's admission of professional misconduct, and the Discipline Panel's determination that this conduct also constitutes professional misconduct under the HPA, the Discipline Panel ordered that Ms. Hennings:
Be supervised for a period of two years,
Develop a risk mitigation plan,
Meet with a BCCNM Regulatory Practice Consultant,
Not provide regulatory supervision to nursing students or other regulated health professionals for the period that she is under supervision, and
Allow the BCCNM to contact her employer and/or manager at any time to ensure no further issues are arising.
Read the full Decision here.
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