B.C. nurse suspended 1 week for stealing drugs [Video]

A B.C. nurse has been disciplined by the regulatory body for the profession for diverting narcotics from the workplace for personal use, and falsifying medical records in order to conceal said diversion.

A consent agreement between the unnamed registered nurse and the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives was approved Tuesday to address the “issues” that occurred between December 2022 and February 2023.

“The falsification of the medical record left the impression that patients were requiring more (“pro re nata” or as needed) narcotic medication than what was actually administered, a practice that potentially could have resulted in patient harm,” an online summary of the agreement reads.

“The registrant also has a history of narcotic diversion and regulatory intervention for the very same concerns.”

The nurse was diagnosed with a disability with a “causal relationship” to the drug diversion and will undergo treatment, the college said. For that reason, the …