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February 2001
Nursing
RHYSSA R MILLER (A/K/A STEWART RHYSSA RUTH); OSWEGO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 255110; Cal. No. 18931
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to check a patient's vital signs and creating false entries to cover the error.
RHYSSA R MILLER (A/K/A STEWART RHYSSA RUTH); OSWEGO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 255110; Cal. No. 18931
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to check a patient's vital signs and creating false entries to cover the error.
MARIAELENA FELICIANO ORTEGA-FELICIANO (A/K/A FELICIANO MARIAELENA ORTEGA, FELICIANO MARIA ELENA ORTEGA, FELICIANO MARIA ORTEGA, ORTEGA MARIA ELENA); CORONA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 098983; Cal. No. 19085
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Attempted Rape in the Third Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
MARIAELENA FELICIANO ORTEGA-FELICIANO (A/K/A FELICIANO MARIAELENA ORTEGA, FELICIANO MARIA ELENA ORTEGA, FELICIANO MARIA ORTEGA, ORTEGA MARIA ELENA); CORONA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 098983; Cal. No. 19085
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Attempted Rape in the Third Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
CRYSTAL S OWENS (A/K/A RICHARDSON CRYSTAL SHANTELL); SYRACUSE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 479252; Cal. No. 18767
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of willfully intimidating a patient physically.
CRYSTAL S OWENS (A/K/A RICHARDSON CRYSTAL SHANTELL); SYRACUSE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 479252; Cal. No. 18767
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of willfully intimidating a patient physically.
DARCY L PRITCHARD; CASTORLAND, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 226824; Cal. No. 18313
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree, a class D felony.
DARCY L PRITCHARD; CASTORLAND, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 226824; Cal. No. 18313
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree, a class D felony.
IRENE PURCELL; CENTER MORICHES, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 205663; Cal. No. 18212 18213
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of practicing the profession while impaired by alcohol.
IRENE PURCELL; CENTER MORICHES, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 205663; Cal. No. 18212 18213
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of practicing the profession while impaired by alcohol.
IRENE L PURCELL; CENTER MORICHES, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 425783; Cal. No. 18212 18213
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of practicing the profession while impaired by alcohol.
IRENE L PURCELL; CENTER MORICHES, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 425783; Cal. No. 18212 18213
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of practicing the profession while impaired by alcohol.
JEAN M REYNOLDS; SCHENECTADY, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 182687; Cal. No. 18693
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to practice, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of making multiple medication errors.
JEAN M REYNOLDS; SCHENECTADY, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 182687; Cal. No. 18693
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to practice, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of making multiple medication errors.
MELVENA BAUGH RILEY-BAUGH (A/K/A BAUGH MELVENA RILEY); POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 245821; Cal. No. 18309
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of last 22 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of practicing as a registered professional nurse while she knowingly did not possess a registered professional nursing license.
MELVENA BAUGH RILEY-BAUGH (A/K/A BAUGH MELVENA RILEY); POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 245821; Cal. No. 18309
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of last 22 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of practicing as a registered professional nurse while she knowingly did not possess a registered professional nursing license.
CHRISTOPHER DANIEL RODGERS; HICKSVILLE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 484582; Cal. No. 18810
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing beyond the scope by administering the non-controlled substance Lopressor to a patient when hospital policy prohibited nurses on his unit from doing so.
CHRISTOPHER DANIEL RODGERS; HICKSVILLE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 484582; Cal. No. 18810
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing beyond the scope by administering the non-controlled substance Lopressor to a patient when hospital policy prohibited nurses on his unit from doing so.
NORA BRIDIE SALMON; PATCHOGUE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 234472; Cal. No. 18877
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of taking a patient from her home and not returning said patient until after her shift had ended and on another occasion removing a bottle of Klonopin from the home of a patient without permission or medical justification.
NORA BRIDIE SALMON; PATCHOGUE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 234472; Cal. No. 18877
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of taking a patient from her home and not returning said patient until after her shift had ended and on another occasion removing a bottle of Klonopin from the home of a patient without permission or medical justification.
COLBY MARIE SALZANO (A/K/A CARDONE COLBY MARIE); HOWARD BEACH, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 482288; Cal. No. 18779
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of patient abandonment, abandoning patients in need of immediate professional care without making reasonable arrangements for the continuation of such care.
COLBY MARIE SALZANO (A/K/A CARDONE COLBY MARIE); HOWARD BEACH, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 482288; Cal. No. 18779
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of patient abandonment, abandoning patients in need of immediate professional care without making reasonable arrangements for the continuation of such care.
GERALDINE SPECK (A/K/A ADDONA GERALDINE); SYRACUSE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 134204; Cal. No. 18697 18696
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of willfully intimidating a patient physically.
GERALDINE SPECK (A/K/A ADDONA GERALDINE); SYRACUSE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 480042; Cal. No. 18697 18696
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of willfully intimidating a patient physically.
GERALDINE SPECK (A/K/A ADDONA GERALDINE); SYRACUSE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 134204; Cal. No. 18697 18696
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of willfully intimidating a patient physically.
GERALDINE SPECK (A/K/A ADDONA GERALDINE); SYRACUSE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 480042; Cal. No. 18697 18696
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of willfully intimidating a patient physically.
CATHERINE S THOMPSON; BAY SHORE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 372636; Cal. No. 19026 19027
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of on one occasion giving a patient's physician incorrect information about a patient, and on another occasion bringing a nasogastric tube to be inserted into a patient, when she should have brought a Dubhoff feeding tube.
CATHERINE S THOMPSON; BAY SHORE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 172422; Cal. No. 19026 19027
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of on one occasion giving a patient's physician incorrect information about a patient, and on another occasion bringing a nasogastric tube to be inserted into a patient, when she should have brought a Dubhoff feeding tube.
CATHERINE S THOMPSON; BAY SHORE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 372636; Cal. No. 19026 19027
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of on one occasion giving a patient's physician incorrect information about a patient, and on another occasion bringing a nasogastric tube to be inserted into a patient, when she should have brought a Dubhoff feeding tube.
CATHERINE S THOMPSON; BAY SHORE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 172422; Cal. No. 19026 19027
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of on one occasion giving a patient's physician incorrect information about a patient, and on another occasion bringing a nasogastric tube to be inserted into a patient, when she should have brought a Dubhoff feeding tube.