Case

Name Withheld, RN

Conditions Imposed, Suspension Lifted

In a decision dated August 27, 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 reporting to work impaired, bringing an illicit drug to work and using it at work, and discussing its use with a coworker and within hearing distance of patients.  The Registrant admitted to having been addicted to an illicit drug, having used it frequently outside of work, and being often impaired or incapacitated when reporting to work, which put patients at risk.  The NANB Fitness to Practice (Review) Committee accepted medical evidence that the Registrant is now fit to practice and ordered that the suspension imposed on the Registrant by the Complaints Committee on December 21, 2021 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 active practice of nursing;
3. Continue to receive medical and psychotherapy treatments, attend recovery group meetings, and remain abstinent from recreational and illegal drugs;
4. Submit written reports from health professionals treating or counselling the Registrant;
5. Submit to random drug screening tests;
6. Pay a portion of the costs associated with the complaint;
7. Providing their employers with a copy of the Fitness to Practice (Review) Committee’s decision and order and advise NANB of any change in address or employer.