A Vancouver nurse isn’t allowed to practise for the next five years, after he was found to have mishandled opioid pain killers over a two-month period.
Over July and August of 2021, the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives says Jacob Sears improperly accessed, handled, documented and wasted narcotic medications at multiple sites within the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
Specifically, the college found Sears mishandled hydromorphone and sufentanil, a more powerful derivative of fentanyl.
“His practice in this regard diverged significantly as compared with peers,” the college said in a notice published Aug. 18.
It added that Sears was unable to provide the college with a credible explanation for his actions, and agreed to give up his nursing registration on April 1.
Sears isn’t allowed to re-apply for reinstatement for five years.
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