Discipline Decisions

From time to time, the College of Nursing of New Brunswick receives reports that individuals who are not a Registered Nurse (RN) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) who may be seeking employment or holding themselves out as persons qualified to practise in New Brunswick.

Employers are strongly encouraged to use Find a Nurse to verify the membership status of every RN or NP they employ directly or through an agency.

The following names represent only those individuals who have come to the attention of the College. Contact the College at reg-imm@cnnb-opinb.ca if you are aware of any of these individuals actively seeking employment or working in the nursing profession.

• Donna Collins
• Carol Lepage

NANB Statement Regarding the Registration Status of Donna Collins

NANB frequently receives inquiries regarding the registration status of Donna Collins. Donna Collins was actively registered with NANB as a Registered Nurse from 2000–2012 and as a Nurse Practitioner from 2012–2013. Her registration with NANB expired on December 31, 2013, after which she was no longer authorized to practice nursing or use the titles Registered Nurse (RN) or Nurse Practitioner (NP).

Following a disciplinary hearing on November 22, 2017, Ms. Collins was reprimanded by the Discipline Committee and issued a fine for improper use of actual and fictitious nursing designations such as RN, NP, “RN+” and “DNP”, while not being a registered member of NANB.  Donna Collins has not been registered with NANB since December 31, 2013. She is not authorized to practice nursing in New Brunswick, to hold herself out as a person authorized to practice nursing, or to use such designations.

Discipline Committee Decision Summary

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In a decision dated October 27, 2025, a panel of the NANB Complaints Committee accepted a Consent Agreement between NANB and Sabita Sunar (Registration Number 034013). Ms. Sunar admitted to making multiple medication errors; documenting the administration of a medication before the patient had consumed the medication; forgetting to document the administration of a medication; looking up information about unfamiliar medications after administering them; failing to successfully draw blood from a patient and failing to perform an IV cannula insertion; trying to remove a patient’s Foley catheter while the patient was seated in a wheelchair; failing to do a thorough assessment on a patient; failing to check a patient’s heart rate before administering Digoxin; exhibiting poor time management; failing to do research on assigned patients before starting her shift; going to see a patient without properly washing her hands; and having difficulty organising and prioritizing.

Ms. Sunar has voluntarily agreed to the following conditions on her registration:

1. Successfully complete the IEN Bridging Program;
2. Practice under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner and submit written reports by the supervising Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner for the first 300 hours from the date of the Consent Agreement;
3. Submit performance evaluations from her employer(s) from the date of the Consent Agreement;
4. Not work independently as a self-employed Registered Nurse or in a supervisory role; and
5. Provide each employer and regulatory body with which she is registered with a copy of the Consent Agreement and corresponding Complaints Committee Decision and notify NANB of any change in address or employer.

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In a decision dated October 24, 2025, a panel of the NANB Complaints Committee accepted a Consent Agreement between NANB and Tiffany Little (Registration Number 027378). Ms. Little admitted to receiving intravenous medications in the Emergency Department (“ED”) while on duty, for a duration of approximately 40 minutes, after attending a retirement party and consuming two glasses of wine the previous evening, and to returning to work after receiving the intravenous medications. Ms. Little further admitted to receiving the intravenous medications without signing a registration form, without being triaged, without seeing a physician, and without receiving prescriber’s orders.

Ms. Little has voluntarily agreed to the following conditions on her registration:

1. Successfully complete remedial education related to professionalism and ethics;
2. Appear before the Complaints Committee to receive an oral caution;
3. Submit performance evaluations from her employer(s) from the date of the Consent Agreement; and
4. Provide each employer and regulatory body with which she is registered with a copy of the Consent Agreement and corresponding Complaints Committee Decision and notify NANB of any change in address or employer.

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In a decision dated October 24, 2025, a panel of the NANB Complaints Committee accepted a Consent Agreement between NANB and Charlene Colwell (Registration Number 019950). Ms. Colwell admitted to taking a portion of her adult daughter’s medical chart from the Emergency Department (“ED”) and leaving with it, and returning the medical chart to the ED after having it in her possession for approximately 55 minutes.

Ms. Colwell has voluntarily agreed to the following conditions on her registration:

1. Successfully complete remedial education related to anger and conflict resolution in the workplace, privacy awareness, and privacy and confidentiality in health care; and
2. Provide each employer and regulatory body with which she is registered with a copy of the Consent Agreement and corresponding Complaints Committee Decision and notify NANB of any change in address or employer.

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In a decision dated October 20, 2025, a panel of the NANB Complaints Committee accepted a Consent Agreement between NANB and Holly Flemming (Registration Number 027407). Ms. Flemming admitted to failing to do a proper assessment of a 14-month-old patient, not involving a SANE/FNE nurse, not following the procedures outlined for SANE cases, and failing to make timely and accurate documentation.

Ms. Flemming has voluntarily agreed to the following conditions on her registration:

1. Successfully complete remedial education related to professionalism, documentation and professional accountability in nursing;
2. Submit performance evaluations from her employer(s) from the date of the Consent Agreement;
3. Not work independently as a self-employed Registered Nurse or in a supervisory role until she has an unencumbered registration; and
4. Provide each employer and regulatory body with which she is registered with a copy of the Consent Agreement and corresponding Complaints Committee Decision and notify NANB of any change in address or employer.

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In a decision dated September 26, 2025, a panel of the NANB Complaints Committee accepted an Acknowledgement and Undertaking between NANB and Jiayi Wang (Registration Number 031896). Mr. Wang admitted to having a lack of experience in the operating room, having room for improvement, being unfamiliar with the names of certain instruments in the operating room, not knowing what to do in certain scenarios, and making mistakes with surgical counts, which were corrected or found before the end of the procedure.

Mr. Wang resigned his NANB registration effective December 1, 2024, but voluntarily agreed to the following conditions on his registration if he ever reapplies for registration, temporary registration, or membership with NANB:

1. Successfully complete remedial education relating to operating room nursing;
2. Practise under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner and submit written reports from the supervising Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner for the first 300 hours following his return to the active practise of nursing;
3. Submit performance evaluations from his employer(s) from the date of his return to the active practise of nursing;
4. Refrain from working independently as a self-employed Registered Nurse or in a supervisory role until he has an unencumbered registration; and
5. Provide to each employer and regulatory body with which he is registered with a copy of the Consent Agreement and corresponding Complaints Committee Decision and notify NANB of any change in address or employer.

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The conditions imposed on the registration of registrant number 031688 have been fulfilled and are hereby lifted effective July 30, 2025.

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On July 14, 2025, the NANB Complaints Committee referred the complaint against Tyler Scoville, Registration Number 035684, to the NANB Discipline Committee. The Statement of Allegations will be posted on the NANB website in due course.

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