Why is harrison so gay

Harrison that she take extra care and refuse work if necessary when taking such potent medication. The Panel found the testimony as presented by the witnesses to be clear, cogent and convincing. Evidence clearly indicated that Ms.

Harrison knowingly took medications that impaired her ability to practice safely. Practising while under the sedating influence of medication has the potential to place patients at risk and is unprofessional, disgraceful and dishonourable. Harrison several times.

When Witness 2 was able to speak with Ms. Harrison by telephone, she advised Ms. Harrison that she wanted Ms. Harrison to meet with her to discuss the incidents.

Harrison agreed to meet with her but never came to the meeting. On September 28, , Witness 2 made inactive Ms. Witness 3 testified that on August 20, , she came on duty at hrs. Harrison gave Witness 3 a verbal report on the assigned patients after hrs. Witness 3 indicated that the verbal report was vague and incomplete on the patients. Harrison initials G. When Witness 3 went to the medication fridge to obtain the hrs. Witness 3 went to Client A's room and found the August 20, , hrs.

Witness 3 then retrieved an empty minibag of Ancef labeled hrs. Witness 3 concluded that the hrs. Witness 3 stated that the hospital was on a Unit Dose system and the drugs come already mixed in the I. Witness 3 testified that she approached Ms.

Harrison about the errors and the response from Ms Harrison was shrugging her shoulders and nodding her head. Witness 3 interpreted this response as signifying that Ms. Harrison could not believe what she had done. Witness 3 then showed Ms. Harrison the minibag with the labels showing the patient name, room number, drug, dose, date and time to be given. Harrison's response was that she was not aware of that. Witness 6 testified that, when she came on duty at hrs.

Harrison sleeping at the nursing station, with her head on her arm, her right hand holding a pen and her eyes closed. Harrison's shoulder to wake her. Harrison did not acknowledge Witness 6 at all. Harrison's shoulder and gently shook her and asked her to wake up. Witness 6 stated that Ms. Harrison left the unit at approximately hrs. Witness 6 testified that after Ms. She found them to be incomplete, illegible and inaccurate as to the patients' diagnoses. Harrison's documentation on assigned patients for the night shift of hrs.

The Panel noted that Ms. Harrison's charting was illegible, inaccurate and incomplete. The evidence presented in Allegation 1 and 2, substantiated that Ms.

Harrison was practising nursing while under the influence of one or more substances. This decision was reached after consideration of the testimony of the witnesses and review of copies of the patient's records incorporating Ms. Harrison's charting, which supported the findings that Ms. Harrison failed to meet the standards of practice of the profession by failing to appropriately assess, treat and document on the assigned patients, fell asleep while on duty, and practised while under the sedating influence of medication.

Submissions from Prosecution recommended that Ms. Harrison's Certificate of Registration be revoked. The Prosecution presented other cases where revocation was involved when the member did not appear.

Further, the Prosecution submitted that Ms. Harrison was ungovernable and not a member for whom a remedial course of action would be appropriate, as evidenced by Ms. Harrison's failure to heed the earlier suggestion by the Complaints Committee, failure to respond to the College's allegations and failure to attend the Hearing. These behaviours are indicative of Ms. Harrison's inability or unwillingness to take responsibility for her actions. The Panel was made aware that the Executive Committee had considered Ms.

Harrison's case prior to the Hearing and had agreed to pursue an Undertaking with her. That humanity has won. And that's the end of the story. Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies.

Cybersecurity Mobile Policy Privacy Scooters. Phones Laptops Headphones Cameras. Tablets Smartwatches Speakers Drones. Accessories Buying Guides How-tos Deals. Health Energy Environment. YouTube Instagram Adobe. But by the end of that decade, Harrison had taken note of the movement's increasing radicalism, symbolized for him by the minister at the Vineyard Christian Fellowship in San Pedro, Calif. Harrison finally quit the movement in after deciding he could, after all, reconcile his sexuality with his Christian faith.

Today, he speaks to parents of gay and lesbian children about the dangers he sees in the ex-gay movement. Harrison says the relatively recent alignment of Exodus International , one of the largest ex-gay groups with some ministries in North America alone, with anti-gay Christian "dominionists" — people who want to impose Christian rules on the secular institutions of society — has led to ex-gay ministers pursuing a hard-line message with young people that can only end in mental anguish and failure.

Scott, how did you first get involved with the ex-gay movement? I grew up in the '60s in a conservative evangelical home, in a Baptist environment. From a young age, I learned homosexuality was not only bad but was the worst sin a person could do.

It was worse than murder. For me, the two options I saw, once I realized I was gay, were to commit suicide and go to heaven or to come out as gay and go to hell. You started attending ex-gay ministries in Those were the early days of the movement. What was a typical meeting like? They would open with a prayer. These teachings later became the chapters in Comiskey's book, Pursuing Sexual Wholeness. We were separated into small groups that would stay together for the entire duration of the class.

It was a three-and-a-half-hour segment every Saturday. We would break up into our small groups, and we would do a discussion. There would be praying to break "one-flesh unions. The small groups were meant to create Platonic, healthy, same-sex relationships with other Christians. And so you got really close to these people who were in the group. You'd call them every day just to see how they were doing.

It was really similar to a recovery group. Homosexuality was viewed as a temptation, not as an orientation. Back in the s, many Christian churches wanted nothing to do with ex-gay ministries. They saw them as shameful. What was your experience? There was a strong emphasis on social justice issues — feeding the homeless and doing whatever you could to help people.

There was a strong emphasis on doing the things Jesus did and walking the talk. So the first ex-gay movements considered themselves progressive? This was at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. If you were struggling with feelings of being attracted to the same sex, regardless of whether you accepted yourself as gay or lesbian, you often were asked to leave your church. People tried to cast demons out of you if it was a Pentecostal or charismatic church.

Some said that just through reading the Bible would make you change. So Desert Stream comes along, and it was fairly innovative. Comiskey had a marriage and family therapy degree. He was versed in psychology. It was seen [in Desert Stream] that sexuality was a gift from God, but certain expressions of sexual behavior are not proper and are not blessed by God. The message was a mixed message — it had progressed from a view you heard in evangelical churches, that homosexuals are all going to hell.

It was a message that was hopeful, in a sense. In you became an ex-gay minister.