Seeking Ontario RN's and RPN's

Home Health Columnist / Guide · May 21, 2013

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Insomniac-88 · May 21, 2013

Can you be a little more specific?

The CNO can investigate your own personal health issues? That's what I understood from your post, although it doesn't seem right.

MizzMo · May 21, 2013

Can you be a little more specific?
The CNO can investigate your own personal health issues? That's what I understood from your post, although it doesn't seem right.

I was wondering the same thing.

Could you maybe provide more information??

Are you yourself being investigated are looking for advice from people who have been through the same situation?

or are you looking to provide help to those that are currently being investigated?

Fiona59 · May 21, 2013

This post is ringing some bells.

A while back there were posts from Ontario about RNs being investigated. One claimed it was re narcotics and anther claimed mental health issues. I just can't remember what the user names were.

loriangel14, RN · May 21, 2013

Oh dear, if they are going to investiagte us for mental health issues we are all in trouble.lol

Pepper The Cat, BSN, RN · May 22, 2013

Oh dear, if they are going to investigate us for mental health issues we are all in trouble.lol

My invisible friends say this won't happen! And they are always right! I love my invisible friends!!

loriangel14, RN · May 22, 2013

Yeah I can vent to them on the way home after a tough shift.

huntercary · May 22, 2013

In 2005 (or approx.) it became MANDATORY as per CNO ruling for all employers to inform CNO of any

RN/RPN who has either what CNO CONSIDERS a physical OR mental health disability.

FROM very PERSONAL experience I can tell you that it's a FACT that if your Employer

discovers you have even DEPRESSION.....YEP......the common cold of Mental Health illnesses ,

they must report this to CNO and then CNO will investigate you.

CNO will wreak havoc on your work-life...which will then wreak havoc on your personal life.

AND YES...CNO can & will have access to ALL of your personal health information.

CNO answers to no one.

Their "over seers" is The Ministry of Health & Long Term Care.

ALL Colleges in Ontario are given what amounts to "carte blanche" power , insomuch as

they makew their own rules , run their onw "court/trial system(s)" and believe me

baby , they are a powerful force and even Lawyers can not fight them as this being

a Human Rights issue and discrimination.

So , my advice to ALL Nurses.....(which goes against the recent Canadian Adverts re:

"let's remove the stigma surrounding Mental Health") is to ZIP YOUR LIP and DO NOT

tell ANYONE at work that you're Clinically Depresses and on Antidepressants.

My reason for starting this Blog if you will , is to get a group of those who have endured

this agony at the hands of CNO , to exchange stories with me because the ONLY way

to bring CNO into the 21st Century is if enough of us as a group wrote to Deb Matthews MPP & Minister

of Ministry of Health & LTC , perhaps we could affect change to prevent our Sister/Brother RN's & RPN's

from suffering such maltreatment in the near future.

Trust Me......I am sticking my neck out by writing this AND that's why I gave my personal email address,

so it could be OFF this Forum and in Private between YOU & ME.

loriangel14, RN · May 22, 2013

Now that's not true. Nurses can access EAP programs for help with mental illness and it is kept completely confidential.

Insomniac-88 · May 23, 2013

Even though I'm not convinced CNO has this type of power, I'd still never consider informing my employer of any mental health issues, if I was suffering from one. There's unfortunately still a very evident stigma surrounding mental illness so it's a risk I wouldn't take, especially when it's my bread and butter.

Daisy_08, BSN, RN · May 23, 2013

I did go to school with a girl who was very open about her struggles with bi-polar. She declared it to the CNO when applying and then withheld her licence while they conducted an investigation. When they did give it to her, she got audited the same month....