Imposter nurse who pleaded guilty apologizes at B.C. sentencing hearing
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A woman who passed herself off as a nurse and fraudulently treated almost 1,000 patients in health-care settings in Metro Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island delivered a tearful apology on the final day of her sentencing hearing at B.C. Supreme Court.
A woman who passed herself off as a nurse and fraudulently treated almost 1,000 patients in health-care settings in Metro Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island delivered a tearful apology on the final day of her sentencing hearing at B.C. Supreme Court.
Briggite Cleroux previously pleaded guilty to 11 counts related to the work she obtained through false pretenses – including fraud, impersonation and assault with a weapon.
According to an agreed statement of facts jointly submitted by the Crown and defence, beginning in June 2020, Cleroux spent nearly a year working as a post-anesthetic care nurse at BC Women’s Hospital.
Her duties included administering powerful sedatives, including fentanyl and hydromorphone.
The court heard she treated 899 patients after getting the job by falsely using the identity and credentials of an actual registered nurse licensed to practice in British Columbia.
According to the agreed statement of facts, that woman has since changed her name because of the ongoing fallout from Cleroux’s impersonation.
In June 2021, the hospital placed Cleroux on leave after complaints from patients and colleagues.
