Central Wellbeing Troubles Assertion Following Girl Found to be Impersonating Registered Nurse

RCMP have been notified and Central Wellness has issued a assertion relating to a recent incident involving impersonation of a Registered Nurse.

In a assertion posted to Twitter late Wednesday afternoon, Central Wellness CEO Andree Robichaud declared that on December 14 they had been notified by the School of Registered Nurses that a woman doing work for a overall health treatment staffing agency had been impersonating a Registered Nurse. The lady, recognized as Lisa Driscoll, experienced worked some shifts as a deal worker with Central Health and fitness with no a valid nursing licence. Robichaud states whilst Driscoll was when experienced as a simple nurse, she does not maintain a license as possibly an LPN or an RN in the province. She had employed the licence of an current registered nurse with a very similar name.

As soon as notified, Central Well being contacted Remedies Staffing Inc, the staffing agency dependable for employing the travel nurse, the College of Certified Simple Nurses and other regional wellness authorities.

Robichaud claims Driscoll worked a overall of 25 shifts at Lakeside Properties in Gander between August 19 and November 7 of this yr. A thorough review was carried out of all resident treatment and relevant documentation from that period of time and confirmed that there are no noted negative impacts to the care of people at the facility—however, two fears with her functionality unrelated to resident treatment experienced been elevated and tackled.

Central Wellbeing will be reaching out instantly to citizens and people of those underneath her care at that time, and safeguards are in location to be certain that sort of problem does not happen once more.

Lisa Driscoll’s title is on a list of unregistered practitioners published by the College or university of Nurses of Ontario. The University has printed the record of “individuals who are not nurses” and who could be “seeking employment in nursing or keeping themselves out as persons experienced to apply in Ontario as a nurse, Registered Nurse, Registered Simple Nurse, or Nurse Practitioner.”

Lisa Strickland is mentioned, aka Lisa Driscoll, aka Michell Driscoll (Newfoundland).

The Faculty warns companies to verify the membership status of each nurse they utilize directly or by way of an agency.

Registered Nurses Union President Yvette Coffey

The Registered Nurses Union has lengthy been involved about the province’s reliance on journey nurses to fill staffing vacancies in the health treatment procedure.

Talking in advance of the most current information came out, President Yvette Coffey claims the province’s use of vacation nurses is truly creating staffing issues worse.

She states the province expended $8.8 million on vacation nurses in between January 1 and October. She claims travel nurses doing the job along with nurses in the community sector make a lot more dollars and appreciate better versatility. All that will cause nurses to depart the procedure.