Vancouver, June 15: A Surrey, B.C., nurse was suspended for three months after an inquiry determined they over-reported the number of hours they worked and stole N95 masks from a hospital.
A notice posted Tuesday by the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives said a consent agreement was reached to address conduct issues going as far back as 2012.
The nurse also stole a box of N95 masks from a hospital in February 2020, BCCNM’s notice said. While COVID-19 hadn’t been declared a global pandemic at that point, the first few cases had been announced in B.C.
The notice said the licensed practical nurse over-reported their annual practice hours between 2012 and 2019, which led to a discrepancy of 7,623 hours.
