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Lowe, Katherine, RN

Consent agreement

Jan 25, 2023

On January 25, 2023 a panel of the Inquiry Committee approved a Consent Agreement between BCCNM and Katherine Lowe of Kelowna to address practice issues that occurred in September 2021 while she was working as an emergency room nurse.

Ms. Lowe found an Indigenous person apparently pulseless and unresponsive in the vestibule of the emergency department. Ms. Lowe did not adequately assess or perform any resuscitative measures for them, concluding they were deceased. Further, she did not meet documentation standards related to the said incident. 

​The Registrant allowed her registration to lapse but has agreed to a public reprimand for her breach of Ethical Practice, Documentation, Client-focused Provision of Care, and Duty to Provide Care standards. Should she successfully reapply for registration in British Columbia, she has voluntarily agreed to terms equivalent to a limit and/or condition on her practice, including: 

  1. A suspension of her nursing registration for 2 months; and
  2. Remedial education in documentation, ethics, and Indigenous cultural safety.

The Inquiry Committee is satisfied that the terms will protect the public.

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We acknowledge the rights and title of the First Nations on whose collective unceded territories encompass the land base colonially known as British Columbia. We give specific thanks to the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking peoples the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh-ulh Sníchim speaking Peoples the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), on whose unceded territories BCCNM’s office is located. We also give thanks for the medicines of these territories and recognize that laws, governance, and health systems tied to these lands and waters have existed here for over 9000 years.

We also acknowledge the unique and distinct rights, including rights to health and wellness, of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples from elsewhere in Canada who now live in British Columbia. As leaders in the settler health system, we acknowledge our responsibilities to these rights under international, national, and provincial law.​