BURST
A New Brunswick registered nurse’s decision to use intravenous medications to cure a hangover has been sanctioned, according to the Nurses Association of New Brunswick (NANB).
Michelle Lecouteur Landry admitted that she received “intravenous medications at approximately 2 A.M. while she was not on duty, as well as at the beginning of her shift while she was on duty in the Emergency Department, after having attended a retirement dinner the previous evening and consumed a few alcoholic beverages,” NANB’s decision read.
Brunswick News asked Landry for comment, but the request was ignored.
“Landry further admitted to not having followed the usual registration or triage process and to not having consulted with a physician prior to receiving the intravenous treatments,” the decision added.
The decision says Landry was free to return to work as of mid-November, and that she’s “voluntarily agreed” to two conditions: she must complete “remedial education related to professionalism in nursing, daily ethics and leadership,” and “p rovide 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.”