B.C. nurse accused of sexual misconduct loses licence

A B.C. nurse who faced multiple allegations of sexually inappropriate conduct over a period of four years has lost his licence.

According to an Oct. 24 B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives decision, registered nurse Mark Mohun-Smith voluntarily agreed to the cancellation of his nursing licence following several incidents as well as reports of sexually inappropriate conduct.

The nursing regulator said in one incident in June 2020, Mohun-Smith pressured a coworker to go on break when the other two coworkers were already on their break. Mohun-Smith then entered a female patient's room, provided a different medication than she had requested, and failed to record it.

The regulator said there was another incident in the Spring of 2020.

"(Mohun-Smith) responded inappropriately to a female patient when he placed his hands on her shoulders, told her to shut up, pushed her backwards into her room, and closed her door," the decision read.

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The decision said over a four-year period from 2017 to 2020, several female patients reported sexually inappropriate conduct.

"The women were all highly vulnerable. The reported misconduct ranged in seriousness from sexualized comments to intrusive sexual touching," the decision said.

The decision didn't say where in B.C. Mohun-Smith worked, or whether any criminal charges have been laid against him.

Mohun-Smith agreed not to reapply for a nursing licence for five years.

The nursing regulator said it is satisfied that the terms will protect the public.

No other information is given in the decision.

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