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A Peterborough-area nurse who admitted to having sex with an 80-year-old patient with dementia while working for him as a personal support worker has had her nursing certificate revoked.
Cathryn Marie Dulmage, a registered practical nurse, was fired by her employer Nightingale Nursing Registry in January 2017 after the man’s family reviewed security camera footage that showed the two embracing and kissing during an unscheduled visit, and the man telling her that he loved her.
Questioned by her agency the day after that encounter, Dulmage admitted to being intimate with the patient, including sexual intercourse and oral sex, and said she was also in love with the man, according to a decision of the disciplinary committee of the College of Nurses of Ontario.
The misconduct amounts to “sexual abuse” of the patient, and for that, Dulmage, who got her nursing diploma in 1991, can no longer practice as a nurse, a penalty that is in line with previous cases and “in the public interest,” reads the five-member panel’s decision, signed by committee chairperson Tanya Dion.
The decision, which came after a May 5, 2021, hearing, was passed to the Star by a Sheridan College journalism student who first discovered it in a legal database. The decision has also been published in the college of nurses’ monthly magazine, the Standard.
A publication ban on the identity of the victim has been imposed. The college refused a Star request for the man’s name for the purpose of contacting family for this story.
The man died sometime after the encounters with Dulmage and before the hearing.
Ontario Provincial Police investigated the case and it was “determined there were no grounds for criminal charges,” said spokesperson Bill Dickson, who directed any further questions back to the college.
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A Peterborough-area nurse who admitted to having sex with an 80-year-old patient with dementia while working for him as a personal support worker has had her nursing certificate revoked.
Cathryn Marie Dulmage, a registered practical nurse, was fired by her employer Nightingale Nursing Registry in January 2017 after the man’s family reviewed security camera footage that showed the two embracing and kissing during an unscheduled visit, and the man telling her that he loved her.
Questioned by her agency the day after that encounter, Dulmage admitted to being intimate with the patient, including sexual intercourse and oral sex, and said she was also in love with the man, according to a decision of the disciplinary committee of the College of Nurses of Ontario.
The misconduct amounts to “sexual abuse” of the patient, and for that, Dulmage, who got her nursing diploma in 1991, can no longer practice as a nurse, a penalty that is in line with previous cases and “in the public interest,” reads the five-member panel’s decision, signed by committee chairperson Tanya Dion.
The decision, which came after a May 5, 2021, hearing, was passed to the Star by a Sheridan College journalism student who first discovered it in a legal database. The decision has also been published in the college of nurses’ monthly magazine, the Standard.
A publication ban on the identity of the victim has been imposed. The college refused a Star request for the man’s name for the purpose of contacting family for this story.
The man died sometime after the encounters with Dulmage and before the hearing.
Ontario Provincial Police investigated the case and it was “determined there were no grounds for criminal charges,” said spokesperson Bill Dickson, who directed any further questions back to the college.
Ontario nurse admits to sex with 80-year-old dementia patient, loses nursing certificate
“It is never acceptable for a nurse to enter into a romantic or personal relationship while actively involved in providing care to a patient,” reads a decision the College of Nurses of Ontario.
