A B.C. nurse who injected a friend’s friend with wrinkle filler in Alberta has been ordered to educate herself on medication and review professional standards.
B.C.’s College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) made the order after the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta found Tatsiana Tarasevich had committed professional misconduct.
The Sept. 7 decision said Tarasevich admitted to injecting a friend’s friend with Dysport — a wrinkle-relief treatment drug — without a doctor’s orders.
She described her actions as a “terrible mistake.”
The Alberta college made that decision after Tarasevich admitted she had, in October 2021, prescribed a cosmetic drug without an authorization from the authorized prescriber and failed to ensure the patient had been assessed by a physician or authorized prescriber.
She further admitted not demonstrating adequate judgment when injecting cosmetic drugs or dermal fillers without appropriate emergency support.
And, she admitted failing to get informed consent from a patient or documenting such consent in performing such procedures. Finally, Tarasevich admitted failing to adequately document patient care.
The issue for the B.C. college was whether or not to follow the findings of the Alberta regulator.
In choosing to follow those findings, the college said that, for one year, Tarasevich must alert the college to any new employer and provide the supervisor’s name and contact information. That supervisor must have read the Alberta and B.C. decisions and report any practice concerns.
For her part, Tarasevich must review B.C. professional standards and complete learning modules on medication and scope of practice.
The decision said the purpose of the orders is not to re-punish but to ensure the protection of the public.
“The BCCNM contends that Ms. Tarasevich engaged in serious unprofessional conduct that requires a serious outcome to protect the public,” the college said.
“The BCCNM acknowledges that Ms. Tarasevich has shown remorse and accepted responsibility for her actions and has not minimized the severity of them, which . . . provides some confidence that she will not repeat the misconduct that occurred in Alberta.”
