The woman accused of lying and falsifying documents to get jobs as a nurse in the province has been granted bail.

Forty-three-year-old Lisa Driscoll, a.k.a. Lisa Strickland, is charged with fraud, identity theft, perjury, and breach of both the Licensed Practical Nurses Act and Registered Nurses Act.

It stems from allegations that she used the credentials of real nurses to get hired at long-term care homes in St. John’s and Gander between March of 2021 and November of last year.

Police arrested and charged Driscoll this week with lying to get jobs at Chancellor Park, Lane’s and Kenny’s Pond retirement homes in St. John’s. She’s facing similar charges linked to Lakeside Homes in Gander, as well as theft of patients’ medication.

Driscoll appeared in court this afternoon, hiding most of her face in the collar of her coat as the judge listed the conditions she must follow to remain free on bail as her case makes it way through the courts.

She interrupted court twice—once to insist her name has been legally changed, though she didn’t say what it is now, and to ask if a lawyer would be representing her at her next court date on March 8. That remains unclear since she just applied for legal aid.

Driscoll is also due in Gander provincial court on March 28 to answer to the separate charges there.