Alberta medical college strips nurse of licence after sexual relationship with former patient

An Alberta nurse has had her licence to practice revoked after a professional body found she had sexually abused one of her former patients. 

A tribunal from the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta doled out the penalty in a report confirming allegations Paige Magnusson engaged in a sexual relationship with someone just weeks after treating them at an addiction recovery centre.

“This conduct constitutes some of the most serious misconduct that an LPN [Licensed Practical Nurse] can engage in,” reads the November decision from the tribunal.

“Engaging in a sexual relationship with one’s patient presents the possibility of significant harm to the