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February 07, 2022 - 7:00 PM
An agreement has been reached between the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives and a Cranbrook nurse facing multiple charges of misconduct.
Lynda Featherling was working in the Kootenay Street Village long-term care home when the incidents of misconduct are alleged to have happened between January and April, 2020.
A multi-day hearing had been set for March but a consent order was reached through an Inquiry Committee on Feb. 3.
Featherling has agreed not to reapply for her registration as a registered psychiatric nurse for a minimum of five years.
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“The impugned conduct involves two incidents where Ms. Featherling shouted at and roughly handled a resident contrary to their behavioural management plan and shouted at another resident who had a fall and was being assisted back to bed,” states a notice on the college of nurses and midwives website.
“Ms. Featherling's nursing practice gave rise to competence concerns with regard to documentation, medication administration, professional responsibility and accountability, knowledge-based practice, client-focused provision of service and ethical practice."
The Inquiry Committee is satisfied the agreement will protect the public, the notice says.
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