On Oct. 14, 2025, a panel of the Inquiry Committee approved a consent agreement between BCCNM and Julie Goosen of Grand Forks to address practice issues that occurred on Jan. 28, 2024, related to asking colleagues to witness a patient signing a will that Ms. Goosen believed would benefit her immediate family. At the time, Ms. Goosen was unaware that her employer prohibited staff from witnessing legal documents for patients.
The nurse-client relationship is conducted within boundaries that separate professional and therapeutic behaviour from non-professional and non-therapeutic behaviour. A client's dignity, autonomy, and privacy are kept safe within the nurse-client relationship.
Even when acting at the patient's request, it is always the responsibility of the nurse to maintain appropriate boundaries in the nurse/patient relationship.
Nurses also have a responsibility for acting in compliance with their employer's rules and policies, some of which support nurses in identifying key boundaries that must be maintained.
The registrant has voluntarily agreed to terms equivalent to a limit on her practice:
a. A reprimand and a suspension of her registration for three days.
The Inquiry Committee is satisfied that the terms will address the professional and practice concerns that arose and will protect the public.