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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA 1

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 2

BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS 3

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F I N A L M I N U T E S 5

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MEETING OF: 7

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STATE BOARD OF NURSING 9

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TIME: 9:00 a.m. 11

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BOARDROOM B 13

One Penn Center 14

2601 North Third Street 15

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110 16

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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 18

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State Board of Nursing 1 July 26, 2017 2

3 BOARD/COMMISSION MEMBERS: 4 5 Linda L. Kmetz, PhD, RN, Chairperson 6 Kathryn L. Waters, Deputy Commissioner of Professional 7 and Occupational Affairs 8 Ann Michele Coughlin, MBA, MSN, RN, Vice Chair 9 Robert E. Ames, Public Member - Absent 10 Suzanne Hendricks, BSBH, RN, LPN 11 Sue E. Hertzler, LPN 12

Linda A. Kerns, Esquire, Public Member 13 Kessey J. Kieselhorst, MPA, RD, LDN, CPHQ 14 Sherri Luchs, RN 15 Kristin Malady, BSN, RN 16 John M. O’Donnell, DrPH, RN, CRNA, MSN - Absent 17 Jason R. Owen, Esquire, Public Member 18 Bridget E. Vincent, CRNP 19 20 BUREAU PERSONNEL: 21 22 Judith Pachter Schulder, Esquire, Board Counsel 23 Megan E. Castor, Esquire, Board Counsel 24 Carole Clarke Smith, Esquire, Board Counsel 25 Ariel O’Malley, Esquire, Board Counsel - Absent 26

Margaret A. Sheaffer, Esquire, Board Prosecution 27 Liaison 28 Cynthia K. Miller, Board Administrator 29 Sue Petula, Ph.D., MSN, RN, NEABC, FRE, Nursing 30 Education Advisor 31 Laurette Keiser, MSN, RN, Executive Secretary 32 Wendy Miller, MSN, RN, Nursing Practice Advisor 33 Constance Breitner, MSN, RN, Nursing Practice Advisor 34 Jason Anderson, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 35 T'rese Evancho, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 36 John Karl Geschwindt, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 37 Paul J. Jarabeck, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 38 Heather McCarthy, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 39 William Newport, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 40

David Schertz, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 41 Timothy Smith, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 42 Matthew Sniscak, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 43 Adam Morris, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 44 45 46 47 48 49 50


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ALSO PRESENT: 1 2 Brian LaForme, Executive Deputy Secretary, 3 Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities 4 Denise Getgen, Director, Pennsylvania Department of 5 Aging Protective Services 6 Kathie Simpson, RN, Executive Director, Pennsylvania 7 Nurse Peer Assistance Program 8 Nancy Chiarantona, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor of 9 Nursing, 10 Gwynedd Mercy University 11 Kymberlee Montgomery, DrNP, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CNE, 12

FAANP, Drexel University 13 Theresa Campo, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, ENP-BC, FAANP, Drexel 14 University 15 Kimberly McClellan, EdD, MSN, CRNP, Drexel 16 University 17 Ilona R. Garrity, MBD, RD, LDN, Pennsylvania Academy 18 of Nutrition and Dietetics 19 Suzanne Wurster, MSN, RN, CEN, Director of 20 Professional Development, Pennsylvania State Nurses 21 Association 22 John Campagna, Jersey Nurses Economic Security 23 Organization 24 Mary Lou Taylor, CRNA, BSN, Secretary, Pennsylvania 25 Association of Nurse Anesthetists 26

Mary Marshall, Director, Workforce & Professional 27 Services, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association 28 of Pennsylvania 29 Janyce Collier, Director, Franklin County Career & 30 Technology Center Practical Nursing Program 31 Nancy K. Haughton, MSN, RN, Director, Chester County 32 Intermediate Unit Practical Nursing Program 33 Jennifer Sporay, Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and 34 Dietetics 35 Andrea Hollingsworth, PhD, RN, Dean and Professor, 36 Gwynedd Mercy University 37 Mark C. Crider, President, Pennsylvania State Nurses 38 Association 39 Charles Hartwell, Esquire 40

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State Board of Nursing 2

July 26, 2017 3

*** 4

The regularly scheduled meeting of the State 5

Board of Nursing was held on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. 6

Linda L. Kmetz, PhD, RN, Chairperson, called the 7

meeting to order at 9:12 a.m. Kathryn L. Waters, 8

Deputy Commissioner of Professional and Occupational 9

Affairs, was not present at the commencement of the 10

meeting. The Board delayed the start of its meeting 11

until the conclusion of the Probable Cause Screening 12

Committee meeting. 13

Dr. Kmetz reviewed the emergency evacuation 14

procedures for One Penn Center. 15

*** 16

[Members of the Board and staff introduced themselves. 17

Bridget E. Vincent, CRNP, provided a brief summary of 18

her educational and professional background. 19

Visitors and staff in attendance then introduced 20

themselves.] 21

*** 22

Adoption of the Agenda 23

CHAIRPERSON KMETZ: 24

Are there any additions to the agenda 25


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for today? Hearing none, may I have a 1

motion for adoption? 2

MR. OWEN: 3

So moved. 4

MS. HENDRICKS: 5

Second. 6


All in favor? Opposed? Abstentions? 8

[The motion carried unanimously.] 9

*** 10

Adoption of Minutes 11


May I have a motion for the adoption of 13

the Minutes of June 9, 2017? 14

MR. OWEN: 15

So moved. 16

MS. HENDRICKS: 17

Second. 18




*** 22

Report of Prosecutorial Division 23

[Chairperson Kmetz noted the following VRP Consent 24

Agreements for Andrea Costello, Esquire/Glenn Masser, 25


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Esquire: File No. 16-51-09735, File No. 16-51-13468, 1

File No. 17-51-00034, File No. 17-51-01233, File No. 2

17-51-01482, File No. 17-51-01627, File No. 17-51-3

01753, File No. 17-51-02086, File No. 17-51-02840, 4


17-51-03117, File No. 17-51-03339, File No. 17-51-6

03460, File No. 17-51-03461, File No. 17-51-03640, 7


17-51-04162, File No. 17-51-04163, File No. 17-51-9

04195, File No. 17-51-04648, File No. 17-51-04666, 10


17-51-05707, File No. 17-51-05708, File No. 17-51-12

05863, File No. 17-51-05864, File No. 17-51-05901, 13

File No. 17-51-05924, and File No. 17-51-05295.] 14

*** 15

[Jason Anderson, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, presented 16

a Consent Agreement for File No. 16-51-10325.] 17

*** 18

[Adam Morris, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, on behalf of 19

Keith Bashore, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, presented 20

Consent Agreements for File No. 15-51-07359, File No. 21

16-51-05777, and File No. 17-51-04720.] 22

*** 23 [T’rese Evancho, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, presented 24


15-51-14390, File No. 16-41-00400, File No. 16-51-26


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07354, File No. 16-51-09760, File No. 16-51-12075, and 1

File No. 16-51-12976. 2

Members Coughlin and Kerns recused themselves 3

from discussion on File No. 16-51-00400 and File No. 4

16-51-12075. Members Coughlin and Hendricks recused 5

themselves from discussion on File No. 15-51-14390.] 6

*** 7

[John Karl Geschwindt, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, 8

presented Consent Agreements for File No. 14-51-11637, 9


17-51-04254, and File No. 17-51-04347. 11

Members Hendricks, Kerns and Luchs recused 12


*** 14

[John Karl Geschwindt, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, 15

presented Consent Agreement for File No. 16-51-03779. 16

Charles Hartwell, Esquire, Respondent's Counsel, was 17

also present for the discussion. 18

Members Coughlin and Hendricks recused themselves 19

from discussion on the matter.] 20

*** 21

[Paul J. Jarabeck, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, 22

presented a Consent Agreement for File No. 17-51-23

01216.] 24

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[Heather J. McCarthy, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, 1

presented Consent Agreements for File No. 16-51-09698 2

and File No. 16-15-12023.] 3

*** 4

[Adam Morris, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, presented 5


16-51-07931, File No. 16-51-07978, and File No. 16-51-7

12486. 8

Members Coughlin, Hendricks, Kerns and Luchs 9

recused themselves from discussion on File No. 16-51-10

07978. Members Hendricks, Kerns, and Luchs recused 11


*** 13

[William Newport, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, presented 14

Consent Agreements for File No. 14-51-10592 and File 15

No. 17-51-02458. 16

Ms. Hendricks recused herself from discussion on 17

File No. 16-10592.] 18

*** 19

[David J. Schertz, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, 20

presented Consent Agreements for File No. 15-51-00908, 21

File No. 15-51-13442, File No. 16-51-04400, and File 22

No. 17-51-06006.] 23

*** 24

[Margaret A. Sheaffer, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 25


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Liaison, presented Consent Agreements for File No. 15-1

51-01377, File No. 16-51-05100, File No. 16-51-12848 2

and File No. 17-51-03378. 3


File No. 16-51-01377.] 5

*** 6

[Timothy Smith, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, presented a 7

Consent Agreement for File No. 14-51-09183.] 8

*** 9

[Matthew Sniscak, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, presented 10

a Consent Agreement for File No. 16-51-09769. Charles 11

Hartwell, Esquire, Respondent's Counsel, was also 12

present for the discussion.] 13

*** 14

[Matthew Sniscak, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, presented 15


16-51-06441, File No. 16-51-14983, and File No. 17-51-17

04845.] 18

*** 19

[Kathryn Waters, Deputy Commissioner, entered the 20

meeting at 9:19 a.m.] 21

*** 22

[Margaret A. Sheaffer, Esquire, Board Prosecutor, on 23

behalf of Lindsay Szymanski, Esquire, Board 24

Prosecutor, presented Consent Agreements for File No. 25


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14-51-11507 and File No. 15-51-09486. 1


the matter.] 3

*** 4

[Pursuant to Section 708(a)(5) of the Sunshine Act, 5

the Board entered into Executive Session with Judith 6

Pachter Schulder, Esquire; Megan E. Castor, Esquire; 7

and Carole Clarke Smith, Esquire, at 9:38 a.m. for the 8

purpose of conducting quasi-judicial deliberations on 9

matters that are currently pending before the Board. 10

The Board returned to open session at 9:40 a.m.] 11

*** 12

MS. PACHTER SCHULDER: 13

During the Executive Session, the Board 14

with the exclusion of members Robert E. 15

Ames, Ann Michele Coughlin, Suzanne 16

Hendricks, Linda A. Kerns and Sherri 17

Luchs, who recused themselves from 18

deliberations and voting on this 19

matter, deliberated on matter 16-51-20

07978. 21

Is there a motion to adopt the 22

Consent Agreement? 23

MS. KIESELHORST: 24

So moved. 25


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MS. HERTZLER: 1

Second. 2



Thank you. 5

[The motion carried. Ann Michele Coughlin, Suzanne 6

Hendricks, Linda A. Kerns, and Sherri Luchs recused 7

themselves from deliberations and voting on the 8

motion. The Respondent’s name is Laura Deluca McBain, 9

RN, LPN.] 10

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[Kathryn Waters, Deputy Commissioner, exited the 12


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Appointments 15

[Brian LaForme, Executive Deputy Secretary, 16

Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities, and 17

Denise Getgen, Director of Adult Protective Services 18

at the Department of Aging, presented a video and 19

information to the Board on elder financial abuse 20

prevention awareness. 21

Mr. LaForme urged the Board to become a part of 22

the network across Pennsylvania to protect seniors. 23

He noted the availability of continuing education 24

credits or training. 25


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Ms. Getgen discussed present and past statistics 1

of cases of elder abuse. She noted financial 2

exploitation as the most reported complaint. 3

Investigations are conducted following the reporting 4

of an allegation of abuse. Services will be provided 5

in the form of education, all the way to 6

guardianship.] 7

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Regulation Update 9

[Judith Pachter Schulder, Esquire, Board Counsel, 10

noted that the Board's June’s regulation report is 11

unchanged.] 12

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Legislative Report 14

Pennsylvania Update 15


updated the Board on the status of Senate Bill 763, 17

House Bill 1617, House Bill 1639, and House Bill 18

1500.] 19

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National Update – No Report 21

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[Kathryn Waters, Deputy Commissioner, re-entered the 23

meeting at 10:23 a.m. and exited at 10:28 a.m.] 24

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Report of Board Chairperson – No Report 1

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Report of Deputy Commissioner – No Report 3

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Report of Committees 5

Probable Cause 6

[Suzanne Hendricks, BSBH, RN, LPN, reported that the 7

Probable Cause Screening Committee moved on the 8

following items: 8 Petitions for Appropriate Relief, 9

63 Petitions for Mental and Physical Examinations, and 10

2 Petitions for Immediate Temporary Suspension.] 11

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Application Review 13

[Ann Michele Coughlin, MBA, MSN, RN, Vice Chair, noted 14

the Application Review Committee met and reviewed 15

applications.] 16

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Advanced Practice 18

[Chairperson Kmetz noted that the Advanced Practice 19

Committee did not meet.] 20

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IT and Communication Issues 22

[Suzanne Hendricks, BSBH, RN, LPN, reported on the 23

Committee's efforts regarding the new Probable Cause 24

eAgenda.] 25


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Report of Board Members who Attended a Meeting on 2

Behalf of the Board 3

[Chairperson Kmetz reported on attending the 4

Discipline Case Management Conference with Mr. Morris 5

and Mr. Bashore. She highlighted discussions 6

regarding conflicts of interest, the use of email 7

communication, and the open records law.] 8

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Report of Executive Secretary 10

[Laurette Keiser, MSN, RN, Executive Secretary, 11

updated the Board on the transition to PALS, the new 12

Pennsylvania licensing database. She noted the plan 13

is for the October renewals to utilize the new system. 14

Ms. Keiser noted information regarding opioid 15

education requirements for CRNP Prescriptive 16

Authority. The renewal information has been posted on 17

the website. 18

She noted that four members were approved to 19

attend the Delegate Assembly in August. Ms. Keiser 20

updated the Board on the proposed NCSBN change that 21

would require Boards to participate in NCSBN 22

Verification in order to be full voting members. 23

Pennsylvania retains the verification function. 24

Ms. Keiser also noted that another NCSBN change 25


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would require participation in the Enhanced Nurse 1

Licensure Compact. Statutory and regulatory changes 2

would be required for Pennsylvania to participate.] 3

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Old Business 5

List of Board Committees 6

[Bridget E. Vincent, CRNP, agreed to join Dr. 7

O’Donnell on the Advanced Practice Committee.] 8

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New Business 10

National Council of State Boards of Nursing 11

Investigator Training 12

[Laurette Keiser, MSN, RN, Executive Secretary, noted 13

the National Council of State Boards of Nursing 14

(NCSBN) Board Investigator Training meeting scheduled 15

for October 24-26, 2017, in Illinois.] 16

MS. COUGHLIN: 17

I’ll make the motion to send someone to 18

the conference. 19

MS. HENDRICKS. 20

Second. 21




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[Kathryn Waters, Deputy Commissioner, re-entered the 1


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For the Board’s Information 4

PA Supreme Court Decision 5


discussed the Supreme Court Decision in the Shinal v. 7

Toms case and its impact on CRNPs.] 8

*** 9

Summary of Recommendations to the 2017 Delegate 10

Assembly 11

[Laurette Keiser, MSN, RN, Executive Secretary, 12

informed the Board that the Vice Chair is a candidate 13

for election.] 14

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[Kathryn Waters, Deputy Commissioner, exited the 16


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[The Board recessed from 10:44 a.m. to 10:51 a.m.] 19

*** 20

[Linda L. Kmetz, PhD, RN, Chairperson, exited the 21

meeting at 10:51 a.m. due to her recusal from 22

participation in the request of Gwynedd Mercy for a 23

waiver of the master’s degree teaching requirement. 24

She re-entered the meeting at 11:11 a.m.] 25


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Appointments 2

Faculty Waiver Request for Ms. Arlene Pongan to teach 3

while she obtains her graduate degree 4

[Andrea O. Hollingsworth, PhD, RN, Dean and Professor, 5

Gwynedd Mercy University, requested a waiver for the 6

five-year limit on an individual who was hired as an 7

adjunct clinical instructor to complete a master’s 8

degree.] 9

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Drexel University Emergency CRNP Post-Master’s 11

Certificate Program Proposal 12

[Kymberlee A. Montgomery, DrNP, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, 13

CNE, FAANP; Theresa M. Campo, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, ENP-14

BC, FAANP; and Kimberly McClellan, EdD, MSN, CRNP; on 15

behalf of Drexel University, discussed an emergency 16

nurse practitioner track for a post-master’s 17

certificate.] 18

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[Pursuant to Section 708(a)(5) of the Sunshine Act, 20

the Board entered into Executive Session with Judith 21

Pachter Schulder, Esquire; Megan E. Castor, Esquire; 22

and Carole Clarke Smith, Esquire, at 11:08 a.m. for 23

the purpose of conducting quasi-judicial deliberations 24

on matters that are currently pending before the 25


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Board. The Board returned to open session at 1:17 1

p.m.] 2

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MOTIONS 4


The Board met in Executive Session for 6

quasi-judicial deliberations on the 7

matters on the agenda on the Report of 8

Prosecutorial Division, Report of 9

Counsel, and the Program Applications 10

as well as the additional deliberative 11

matters, Brown and Pongan. 12

The Board members will indicate their 13

recusals as part of each of the 14

motions. 15

Is there a motion to adopt all of the 16

VRP Agreements that are on the agenda 17

as items 2 through 32 and item 209? 18

MR. OWEN: 19

So moved. 20

MS. HENDRICKS: 21

Second. 22





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following Consent Agreements, starting 4

with 33, File No. 16-51-10325; 15-51-5

07359, 16-51-05777, 17-51-04720, 13-51-6

05389, 16-51-07354, 16-51-09760, 16-51-7

12976, 14-51-11637, 17-51-02159, 17-51-8

04254, 17-51-04347, 17-51-01216, 16-51-9

09698, 16-51-12023, 16-51-07931, 17-51-10

02458, 15-51-00908, 15-51-13442, 16-51-11

04400, 17-51-06006, 15-51-05100, 16-51-12

12848, 17-51-03378, 14-51-09183, 15-51-13

10376, 16-51-06441, 16-51-09769, 17-51-14

04845, and 14-51-11507? 15

MS. HENDRICKS: 16

So moved. 17

MR. OWEN: 18

Second. 19



[The motion carried unanimously. The Respondents’ 22

names are as follows: 16-51-10325, Ronald 23

Strausbaugh, RN; 15-51-07359, Alisha Marie O’Block, 24

LPN; 16-51-05777, Natalie Rose Hummel, RN; 17-51-25


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04720, Kathryn Bushfield-Gillhoover, RN; 13-51-05389, 1

PERC; 16-51-07354, Yevgeniy A. Churpin, RN, LPN; 16-2

51-09760, Susan Kudashick Spiller, RN; 16-51-12976, 3

Shannon Michelle Stenger, RN; 14-51-11637, Linda 4

Brandt Worley, LPN; 17-51-02159, Yvette Michelle 5

Pringle, RN; 17-51-04254, Holly Nicole Stewart, LPN; 6

17-51-04347, Stefanie Lynn Lowery, RN; 17-51-01216, 7

Karen J. Belkowski Homoki, RN,; 16-51-09698, Stacia 8

Lee Basom, RN; 16-51-12023, Sue Ellen Baker, RN; 16-9

51-07931, Patricia A. McCann, RN; 17-51-02458, Sheila 10

Slimmer, RN; 15-51-00908, Nicole Marie Moore, RN; 15-11

51-13442, Genevieve Lengwe Kameni, LPN, RN; 16-51-12

04400, Kelly Sue Prince, RN; 17-51-06006, L. Christine 13

Sims, RN; 16-51-05100, Kelly Lynn Tyrrell, RN; 16-51-14

12848, Sara A. Ponton, RN; 17-51-03378, Jennifer Ann 15

Secrist, RN; 14-51-09183, Nicole Michelle Hayes, LPN; 16

15-51-10376, Diane A. Gittlemacker, RN; 16-51-06441, 17

Maria McCoy, RN; 16-51-09769, Louis J. Bianco, RN; 17-18

51-04845, Michele Lynne Kobosky, RN; and 14-51-11507, 19

Colleen E. Fox, RN.] 20

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following Consent Agreements for which 24

members Robert E. Ames, Ann Michele 25


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Coughlin, and Suzanne Hendricks are 1

recused? 2

File Nos. 15-51-14390 and 16-51-3

03779. 4

MS. KERNS: 5

So moved. 6

MS. HERTZLER: 7

Second. 8



Recusals? 11

[The motion carried. Ann Michele Coughlin and Suzanne 12

Hendricks recused themselves from deliberations and 13

voting on the motion; Robert E. Ames was not present. 14

The Respondent's name for File No. 15-51-14390 is 15

Douglas G. Carl, RN. The Respondent's name for File 16

No. 16-51-03779 is Lindey Kathryn Kunkle, LPN.] 17

*** 18




members Robert E. Ames and Suzanne 22

Hendricks are recused? 23

That is 14-51-10592, 15-51-01377, and 24

15-51-09486. 25


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MR. OWEN: 1

So moved. 2

MS. HERTZLER: 3

Second. 4



Recusals. 7

[The motion carried. Suzanne Hendricks recused 8

herself from deliberations and voting on the motion; 9

Robert E. Ames was not present. 10


Polly S. Land, LPN. The Respondent's name for File 12

No. 15-51-01377 is Debra S. Martini, RN. The 13

Respondent's name for File No. 15-51-09486 is Allen R. 14

Latherow, LPN.] 15

*** 16





Coughlin, and Linda A. Kerns are 21

recused? 22

File Nos. 16-51-00400 and 16-51-23

12075. 24

MR. OWEN: 25


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So moved. 1

MS. LUCHS: 2

Second. 3


All those in favor? Opposed? 5

Abstentions? Recusals? 6

[The motion carried. Ann Michele Coughlin and Linda 7

A. Kerns recused themselves from deliberations and 8



Cheyenne A. Offredi, LPN. The Respondent's name for 11

File No. 16-51-12075 is David B. Clement, RN.] 12

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members Suzanne Hendricks, Linda A. 17

Kerns, and Sherri Luchs are recused? 18

File Nos. 16-51-13843 and 16-51-19

12486. 20

MR. OWEN: 21

So moved. 22

MS. LUCHS: 23

Second. 24



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Abstentions? Recusals? 2

[The motion carried. Suzanne Hendricks, Linda A 3

Kerns, and Sherri Luchs recused themselves from 4

deliberations and voting on the motion. 5


Diane Rautine Sonntag, RN. The Respondent's name for 7

File No. 16-51-12486 is Christina K. Dryburgh, RN.] 8

*** 9


Item Numbers 73, 87, and 114 are 11

withdrawn. Item Number 71 is tabled. 12

Is there a motion to deny as too 13

harsh, File No. 16-51-11119? 14

MS. HENDRICKS: 15

So moved. 16

MS. KERNS: 17

Second. 18



Abstentions? 21


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Is there a motion to grant the Motions 25


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to Enter Default and Deem Facts 1

Admitted and to authorize Counsel to 2

prepare Adjudications and Orders in the 3

following matters: Roberta Leigh 4

Bolden, LPN, 16-51-05867; Jami Marie 5

Bonilla, LPN, 16-51-07170; Jeremy David 6

Degroff, RN, 15-51-02193; Mary Lou 7

Freund, LPN, 15-51-14932; Dean F. 8

Grein, Jr., RN, 16-51-06435; Janet 9

Broomfield Johnson, RN, 17-51-01177; 10

Beth Anne Joyce, RN, 16-51-03533; Penny 11

Sue Kane, RN, 17-51-01180; Stephen Lynn 12

Nelson, Jr., LPN, 15-51-00433; Thomas 13

J. Palmer, RN, 16-51-06919; Eleanore 14

Jane Rideout, RN, 16-51-07419; 15

Laurieanne Marie Riordan-Magara, LPN, 16

14-51-00627; Janice M. Matrician, RN, 17

17-51-02316; Adebayo Omotayd Onigbinde, 18

RN, 14-51-02485; Frank R. Presley, RN, 19

15-51-03814; Suzanne Marie Robertson, 20

RN, 16-51-15037; Nila Monet Sims, LPN, 21

16-51-06509; Virginia Castellon Valdez, 22

RN, 16-51-06941? 23

MS. COUGHLIN: 24

So moved. 25


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MS. HENDRICKS: 1

Second. 2



Abstentions? 5


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Is there a motion to grant the Motion 9

to Deem Facts Admitted and to authorize 10

Counsel to prepare an Adjudication and 11

Order in the matter of Althea M. 12

George, LPN, File No. 16-51-07956, for 13

which members Robert E. Ames and 14

Suzanne Hendricks are recused? 15

MS. COUGHLIN: 16

So moved. 17

MR. OWEN: 18

Second. 19



Abstentions? 22



Robert E. Ames was not present.] 25


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Is there a motion to Enter Default and 3

Deem Facts Admitted and to authorize 4

Counsel to prepare Adjudications and 5

Orders in the matters of Michele A. 6

Kellock, RN, 16-51-05036 and Lisa Anne 7

Sannelli, RN, 16-51-01713, for which 8


Coughlin, and Suzanne Hendricks are 10

recused? 11

MS. MALADY: 12

So moved. 13

MS. KERNS: 14

Second. 15



Abstentions? 18

[The motion carried. Ann Michele Coughlin and 19

Suzanne Hendricks recused themselves from 20

deliberations and voting on the motion; Robert E. Ames 21

was not present.] 22

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Is there a motion to authorize Counsel 25


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to prepare a Memorandum Opinion and 1

Substitute Board Order in the matter of 2

Tineia Marie Rose, RN, 15-51-02003? 3

MS. COUGHLIN: 4

So moved. 5

MS. HENDRICK: 6

Second. 7



Abstentions? 10


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Is there a motion to authorize Counsel 14

to prepare an Adjudication and Order in 15

the matter of Chandra L. Wright, LPN, 16

15-51-08633, for which members Robert 17

E. Ames, Ann Michele Coughlin, and 18

Suzanne Hendricks are recused? 19

MS. KERNS: 20

So moved. 21

MR. OWEN: 22

Second. 23




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Abstentions? 1



voting on the motion; Robert E. Ames was not present.] 4

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following Hearing Examiner’s Proposals: 8

Kathy M. Anderson, RN, 16-51-06179; 9

Opeoluwa Oyenike Borode, RN, 14-51-10

13872; Caleb RC Brand, RN, 14-51-07087; 11

Michelle Renee DeChurch, LPN, 14-51-12

12503; Tina Marie Hadden, LPN, 16-51-13

02277; Donna J. Kerzan, RN, 14-51-14

04129; Mary Jo Meyer, RN, 14-51-05549; 15

Lorenda Mathis Renninger, RN, 14-51-16

08222; Alicia K. O’Brien, LPN, 13-51-17

05761; Linda Richardson Peters, RN, 16-18

51-10425; Stephanie Elizabeth Liebert, 19

RN, 17-51-01465; Robert Liguori, RN, 20

15-51-07045; Deeann Poust-Chambers, 21

LPN, 15-51-10599; Robert Charles 22

Schech, RN, 16-51-06973; Anne H. 23

Stevens, RN, 15-51-07344; Stacey Stine, 24

LPN, 16-51-11259; John Odoun Tebepah, 25


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RN, 16-51-02167; William L. Walker, RN, 1

16-51-03699? 2

MS. HENDRICK: 3

So moved. 4

MS. LUCHS: 5

Second. 6



Abstentions? 9


*** 11


Is there a motion to adopt the Hearing 13

Examiner’s Proposed Adjudication and 14

Order in the matter of Sherry 15

Burnsworth-Hayes, LPN, File No. 15-51-16

02977, for which members Robert E. Ames 17

and Suzanne Hendricks are recused? 18

MS. COUGHLIN: 19

So moved. 20

MS. HERTZLER: 21

Second. 22



Abstentions? 25


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Robert E. Ames was not present.] 3

*** 4


Is a motion to adopt the Hearing 6

Examiner’s Proposal and Substitute 7

Board Order in the matter of Kristy M. 8

Whistler, LPN, 16-51-12608, for which 9

members Ann Michele Coughlin, Suzanne 10

Hendricks, and Linda A. Kerns are 11

recused? 12

MS. MALADY: 13

So moved. 14

MS. LUCHS: 15

Second. 16



Abstentions? 19

[The motion carried. Ann Michele Coughlin, Suzanne 20

Hendricks, and Linda A. Kerns recused themselves from 21

deliberations and voting on the motion.] 22

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following Draft Adjudications and 1

Orders: Susan Mayfield Autenrieth, RN, 2

14-51-05464; Tiffany Termeer Brownlee, 3

RN, 13-51-05853; Gwen Elizabeth Bruno, 4

RN, 14-51-02790; Suzanne Bryan, RN, 16-5

51-10397; Patricia Lawrence Carver, RN 6

aka Patricia L. McCabe, 16-51-06899; 7

Dianna Lynne Courtney, RN, 16-51-07378; 8

Wayne A. Dessell, LPN, 14-51-03710; Joy 9

Norfleet Easley, LPN, 13-51-11356; 10

Howard John Faulkner, RN, 16-51-06914; 11

Jose Rolando Flores, RN, 16-51-09266; 12

Alicia D. Gartner, RN, 13-51-12732; 13

Michelle L. Gasser, LPN, 15-5-13902; 14

Kim M. Gencarelli, RN, 14-51-08106; 15

Wanda Kornegay Gray, LPN, aka Wanda F. 16

Gray, 14-51-00742; Jessica L. Grubb, 17

LPN, 14-51-09240; Beth Richardson 18

Harms, RN, 16-51-00284; Karen S. 19

Harrer, RN, CRNP, 14-51-13669; Vicki 20

Lee Hayostek, LPN, 15-51-00478; 21

Jennifer Jean Holey, RN, 14-51-07023; 22

Debra L. Hubbard, RN, 14-51-11674; 23

Patriss Marie Hudson, LPN, aka Patriss 24

M. Colosimo, 14-51-04959; Nicole 25


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Mitchell, LPN, 15-51-13843; Elaine M. 1

O’Connell, RN, 15-51-08167; Nicqueline 2

J. Riffle, RN, 14-51-01506; Stephen 3

Cory Newton, LPN, 14-51-01831; Heather 4

Rohan, LPN, 14-51-11596; Wilson 5

Kantagia Karago, RN, 13-51-12733; Staci 6

L. Johnson, RN, 14-51-03839; Kimily M. 7

Santell, LPN, 14-51-04319; Ethel Miles 8

Johnson, LPN, 15-51-02624; Virginia 9

Irene Shreckengost, LPN, 14-51-11098; 10

Amy Sue Shultz, RN, 15-51-10995; Pan 11

Yeung, LPN, 14-51-04875? 12

MS. HENDRICKS: 13

So moved. 14

MR. OWEN: 15

Second. 16



Abstentions? 19

[The motion carried. Bridget E. Vincent abstained 20

from voting on this matter.] 21

*** 22


On the following Draft Adjudications 24

and Orders for which members Robert E. 25


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Ames, Ann Michele Coughlin, and Suzanne 1

Hendricks are recused, the Board votes 2

to adopt Nicholas John Adamczyk, LPN, 3

16-51-08046; Tina Gentile Anterock, RN, 4

14-51-05704; Andela Daliese Appleton, 5

RN, 16-51-10157; Laurie Ann Bathurst, 6

RN, 16-51-02996; Mitsy Bailey 7

Bhatnager, RN, 16-51-05050; Michelle 8

Lynn Boehm, RN, 16-51-07770; Gina M. 9

Campana, RN, 16-51-01984; Greta A. 10

Chomor, RN, 16-51-07745; Joseph J. 11

Cuervo, RN, 14-51-11848; Alma Estelle 12

Grigsby, LPN, 16-51-03959; Amanda L. 13

King, LPN, 15-51-06668; Johanna Bommer 14

Pugliano, RN, 16-51-08179; Katie 15

Kiedaisch, LPN, 16-51-08126; Tracy 16

Jozefick, RN, LPN, 15-51-06954; Belinda 17

J. Simons, LPN, 16-51-00828; Shannon 18

Lynn Vollant, LPN, 16-51-01857; Tammy 19

Woods, LPN, 16-51-01069; Erin Traicene 20

Young, LPN, 16-51-01916; Michele L. 21

Zurawski, LPN, 16-51-03317? 22

MS. MALADY: 23

So moved. 24

MR. OWEN: 25


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Second. 1



Abstentions? 4




Bridget E. Vincent abstained from voting on this 8

motion.] 9

*** 10



following draft Adjudication and Order, 13

for which Ann Michele Coughlin and 14

Linda A. Kerns are recused, Chris S. 15

Bauer, RN, 16-51-10578? 16

MS. HENDRICKS: 17

So moved. 18

MR. OWEN: 19

Second. 20



Abstentions? 23




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voting on the motion. Bridget E. Vincent abstained 1

from voting on this motion.] 2

*** 3


Is there a motion to adopt the draft 5

Adjudication and Order for Dawn M. 6

Brennan, LPN, File No. 15-51-07315, for 7

which member Robert E. Ames is recused? 8

MS. COUGHLIN: 9

So moved. 10

MS. KERNS: 11

Second. 12



Abstentions? 15

[The motion carried. Bridget E. Vincent abstained 16

from voting on this motion. Robert E. Ames was not 17

present.] 18

*** 19

VICE CHAIRPERSON COUGHLIN ASSUMED THE CHAIR. 20


In the matter of Betty L. Capitosti, 22

LPN, 14-51-10347, is there a motion to 23

adopt a draft Adjudication and Order 24

for which members Robert E. Ames, 25


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Suzanne Hendricks, and Linda L. Kmetz 1

are recused and Bridget E. Vincent 2

recused? 3

MS. OWEN: 4

So moved. 5

MS. LUCHS: 6

Second. 7

VICE CHAIRPERSON COUGHLIN: 8


Abstentions? 10

[The motion carried. Suzanne Hendricks and Linda L. 11

Kmetz recused themselves from deliberations and voting 12

on the motion; Robert E. Ames was not present. Bridget 13

E. Vincent abstained from voting on this motion.] 14

*** 15

DR. KMETZ RESUMED THE CHAIR. 16



Adjudication and Order in the matter of 19

Beth Ann Donahoe, RN, File No. 15-51-20

14186, for which member Suzanne 21

Hendricks is recused? 22

MS. COUGHLIN: 23

So moved. 24

MS. KERNS: 25


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Second. 1



Abstentions? 4


herself from deliberations and voting on the motion. 6

Bridget E. Vincent abstained from voting on this 7

motion.] 8

*** 9



Adjudications and Orders for which 12

members Robert E. Ames and Suzanne 13

Hendricks are recused, in the matters 14

of James Matthew Dougherty, RN, 15-51-15

00403; Michelle Cislo Flowers, LPN, 15-16

51-03486; Erin Elise Good, LPN, 15-51-17

05955; Morgan R. Henry, LPN, 14-51-18

08432; Cathy B. Ross, LPN, 14-51-14362; 19

Sonia Kosior Kuczynski, LPN, 15-51-20

03126; Ednerlande Jean, LPN, 15-51-21

11779; Cheryl E. Krobath, LPN, 15-51-22

02639; Michelle Berardinelli Ritenour, 23

RN, 15-51-04178; Deborah Cable Suppa, 24

LPN, 15-51-00416; and Erica Lynn 25


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Svencer, LPN, 15-51-09050? 1

MS. COUGHLIN: 2

So moved. 3

MR. OWEN: 4

Second. 5



Abstentions? 8



Robert E. Ames was not present. Bridget E. Vincent 11

abstained from voting on this motion.] 12

*** 13



following draft Adjudications and 16

Orders in the matters of Lisa Parente 17

McClintock, RN, LPN, 16-51-11125, and 18

Barbara Clark Young, LPN, 16-51-09111, 19

for which members Ann Michele Coughlin 20

and Linda A. Kerns are recused? 21

MS. HENDRICKS: 22

So moved. 23

MR. OWEN: 24

Second. 25


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Abstentions? 3



voting on the motion. Bridget E. Vincent abstained 6

from voting on this motion.] 7

*** 8


Is there a motion to grant the Drexel 10

University Emergency CRNP Post-Master’s 11

Certificate Program? 12

MS. HENDRICKS: 13

So moved. 14

MS. MALADY: 15

Second. 16



Abstentions? 19

[The motion carried. Jason R. Owen and Ann Michele 20

Coughlin opposed the motion.] 21

*** 22


In the matter of the request of 24

Terrance E. Brown, LPN, 12-51-09281, 25


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the Request for Reconsideration 1

Extension, is there a motion to deny 2

the request for reconsideration? 3

MS. MALADY: 4

So moved. 5

MS. COUGHLIN: 6

Second. 7



Abstentions? 10


*** 12


Is there a motion to deny the Petition 14

for a Stay in the matter of Terrance E. 15

Brown, LPN, File No. 12-51-09281? 16

MS. MALADY: 17

So moved. 18

MS. HENDRICKS: 19

Second. 20



Abstentions? 23


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VICE CHAIRPERSON COUGHLIN ASSUMED THE CHAIR. 1


Is there a motion, for which Linda L. 3

Kmetz is recused, to grant the request 4

of Gwynedd Mercy for a Waiver of the 5

five-year teaching requirement for 6

Arlene Pongan to teach only for the 7

semester beginning August/September 8

2017 to December 2017? 9

MS. MALADY: 10

So moved. 11

MS. KIESELHORST: 12

Second. 13

VICE CHAIRPERSON COUGHLIN: 14


Abstentions? 16

[The motion carried unanimously. Linda L. Kmetz 17

recused from deliberations and voting on the motion.] 18

*** 19

CHAIRPERSON KMETZ RESUMED THE CHAIR. 20

Miscellaneous 21

[Chairperson Kmetz discussed the next Board meeting 22

dates in September and October.] 23

*** 24

Adjournment 25


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[There being no additional agenda items, the State 1

Board of Nursing meeting adjourned at 1:46 p.m.] 2

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minutes of the State Board of Nursing meeting, was 8

reduced to writing by me or under my supervision, and 9

that the minutes accurately summarize the substance of 10

the State Board of Nursing meeting. 11

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Minute Clerk 16

Sargent’s Court Reporting 17

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STATE BOARD OF NURSING 1 REFERENCE INDEX 2 July 26, 2017 3

4 TIME AGENDA 5 6 9:12 Official Call to Order/Roll Call 7 8 9:15 Adoption of the Agenda 9 10 9:15 Adoption of the Minutes 11 12

9:16 Report of Prosecutorial Division 13 14 9:38 Executive Session 15 9:40 Return to Open Session 16 17 9:43 Appointment – Elder Financial Abuse 18 Awareness Presentation 19 20 10:21 Regulation Update 21 22 10:22 Legislative Update 23 24 10:25 Report of Committees 25 26

10:26 Report of Board Members who attended a 27 meeting on behalf of the Board 28 29 10:28 Report of Executive Secretary 30 31 10:32 Old Business 32 33 10:33 New Business 34 35 10:33 For the Board’s Information 36 37 10:45 Appointment – Faculty Waiver Request 38 39 11:08 Executive Session 40

1:17 Return to Open Session 41 42 1:18 Motions 43 44 1:43 Miscellaneous 45 46 1:46 Adjournment 47 48 49 50

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9 STATE BOARD OF NURSING - dos.pa.gov · 36 T'rese Evancho, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 37 John Karl Geschwindt, Esquire, Board Prosecutor 38 Paul J. Jarabeck, Esquire, Board Prosecutor