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A recent article from Metro News Vancouver discusses the case of a nurse who was barred from working as a registered nurse as a after she gained power of attorney over an elderly patient at her care facility and removed assets from the patient’s home.
The British Columbia College of Registered Nurses cancelled Jacqueline Orina’s registration after she admitted to misconduct in her dealings with an 86-year-old woman. Orina met the woman, identified only as “F”, in 2013, after the woman’s sister became a resident at the Royal Ascot Care Centre, where Orina worked at the time.
Orina has admitted to completing an improper referral form for F to the Royal Ascot Care Centre, falsely claiming that the women suffered from dementia. After having F admitted as a long-term care resident at the facility, Orina used orderlies to remove assets from the woman’s apartment, including a coin collection Orina later asked a colleague to sneak back into F’s apartment when her actions came under scrutiny. After F was hospitalized with a broken hip, Orina had her sign a power of attorney, which she used to obtain debit and credit cards in her name from F’s accounts.
A workplace investigation was launched after a Vancouver Coastal Health manager raised concerns over a conflict of interest regarding Orina’s power of attorney over F to staff at the Royal Ascot Care Centre.
Orina can apply for reinstatement to the B.C. College of Registered Nurses in five years.
