B.C. nurse suspended for 10 days for allowing patient to direct treatment: college [Video]

A B.C. nurse has been reprimanded and handed a 10-day suspension due to “practice issues” dating back to January 2023, according to the regulatory body for the profession.

Margaret Ellis, a registered nurse in Hornby Island, B.C., entered a consent agreement with the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives earlier this week, and a summary of that agreement was posted online the same day.

The public notice says that in January 2023 Ellis performed “skills that were outside the scope of practice of a registered nurse,” and allowed “procedures and treatment to be directed by a patient.”

The college says she also did not follow on-call consulting procedures and did not document the “client encounter” accurately.

“The Inquiry Committee is satisfied that the terms will protect the public,” the notice reads.