B.C. nurse who told patient to ‘shut up’, accused of sexual misconduct, banned for 5 years

A man in British Columbia has been barred from nursing in the province for five years after allegedly behaving in sexually inappropriate ways while working.

Mark Mohun-Smith and the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives came to an agreement over Mohun-Smith’s ban after he allegedly acted inappropriately with both staff and patients.

In June 2020, Mohun-Smith allegedly pressured a co-worker to go on break while another two nurses were already on one. According to the BCCNM, he then entered the patient’s room, gave her a different medication than the one she had requested, and then failed to chart his actions as well as the patient’s symptoms.

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That same year, Mohun-Smith is said to have inappropriately touched another patient, when he placed his hands on her shoulder, told her to “shut up,” pushed her back into her room, and closed the door.

The BCCNM notes during a four-year period from 2017 to 2020, several other patients, all women, reported sexually inappropriate behaviour from Mohun-Smith.

The college says all women were “highly vulnerable,” and the misconduct claims range in seriousness from sexualized comments to “intrusive sexual touching.”

“The Registrant voluntarily agreed to [the] cancellation of his registration and to not reapply for five years,” the college said in a statement Monday.

The consent agreement notes the BCCNM is satisfied that the “terms will protect the public.”

–With files from Cole Schisler