Case

Name Withheld, RN

Conditions Imposed, Suspension Lifted

In a decision dated July 8, 2024, a panel of the NANB Fitness to Practice (Review) Committee accepted an Alternate Complaint Resolution Proposal (“ACRP”) between NANB and the Registrant. The Registrant admitted to diverting narcotics from their place of employment for personal use, using narcotics while at work or before attending work in excess of what was prescribed by their physician, falsifying documentation to make it appear that narcotics were wasted when the Registrant diverted them, using their co-workers’ credentials without authorization to sign out narcotics under patients’ names who did not receive them, and misleading their coworkers by making it appear that narcotics were wasted when the Registrant diverted them.  The NANB Fitness to Practice (Review) Committee accepted evidence that the Registrant is now fit to practice and ordered that the suspension imposed on the Registrant by the Complaints Committee be lifted and conditions be imposed on the Registrant’s registration.

The Registrant has voluntarily agreed to the following conditions on their practice, including:

1. Remedial education related to ethics in nursing;
2. Performance evaluations from their employer(s) from the date of their return to the practice of nursing;
3. Written reports submitted by health professionals treating or counselling them;
4. Submitting to random drug screening tests;
5. Not working independently as a self-employed Registered Nurse or in a supervisory role;
6. Providing their employers with a copy of the Fitness-to-Practice (Review) Committee’s decision and order.