The College of Nurses has released the outcome of separate adjudication panels on the conduct of two nurses in the province.

The Adjudication Tribunal found Kimberley Dyke, who worked in the obstetrics unit at Carbonear General, guilty of conduct deserving of sanction because of an admitted addiction and her fitness to work in a competent manner.

Her licence to practice was suspended pending the completion of a competency assessment and the provision of three negative random toxicology screens, as well as a medical report from her physician confirming her fitness to return to nursing practice.

Paul Briffett was found guilty of conduct deserving of sanction stemming from a workplace investigation in which concerns were raised by his employer about providing false information, interfering with a witness, and engaging in “inappropriate conduct in the workplace with a subordinate” among other concerns.

The conduct took place while Briffett worked as a director in the Western Zone in the Long Term Care department.

His licence to practice will be reinstated once the Director of Professional Conduct Review is presented with a letter confirming fitness to practice. He is to attend counselling as recommended by a mental health practitioner and have his practice monitored for a specific period of time with quarterly practice monitoring reports, among other actions.