Kamloops nurse suspended for knocking cell phone out of client’s hand during confrontation
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KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops nurse has been suspended for three weeks after knocking a cell phone out of a client’s hand.
In an online notice posted Friday (March 8), the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) says it has entered into a consent agreement with Sharon McGowan.
The BCCNM says the suspension stems from conduct issues in August 2022 where McGowan got in a verbal confrontation with a client who was recording her with his cell phone. The notice says McGowan used her notebook to knock the cell phone out of the client’s hand.
Along with the three-week suspension, the BCCNM says McGowan must complete remedial education in ethics, boundaries, communication and conflict resolution, and a regulatory practice consulting program to “address the foundational issues underpinning this agreement.”
