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Sanctioned California Nurses Database

List of Disciplinary Actions: Participated in Diversion Program

This data was last updated in December 2009. Statuses may have since changed. Check the California's Board of Registered Nursing license database for the most current license statuses.

There were 129 actions found in this query. Nursing board accusations listed these nurses as participating in the nursing board's diversion program for impaired nurses.

Days elapsed is a Los Angeles Times and ProPublica calculation referring to the amount of time that passed between the board's first public accusation against the nurse and the imposition of discipline.

There are several limitations to this database.

Nurse Accusation Date Decision Date Days Elapsed Decision
Albert, Debbie Dean Sep. 9,
2003		 Dec. 14,
2005		 827
2.27 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Allen, Nicholas Paul Jun. 27,
2007		 Nov. 18,
2007		 144
0.39 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Anderson, Marilyn Dec. 16,
2003		 Oct. 1,
2004		 290
0.79 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Antonini (Burkholder), Kelly Mar. 8,
2004		 Feb. 26,
2005		 355
0.97 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Arney, Leilani Sue Jun. 5,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Aycock, Timothy Dale Nov. 23,
2004		 Jul. 18,
2005		 237
0.65 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Baker, Diane Gail May 15,
2002		 Sep. 19,
2003		 492
1.35 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Barber, Lisa M. Mar. 22,
2004		 Oct. 22,
2004		 214
0.59 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Bellegia, Denise Sep. 24,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Bertrand, Scott Thomas Dec. 5,
2007		 Oct. 30,
2008		 330
0.90 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Bigley, Karla Ann Feb. 20,
2007		 Aug. 25,
2007		 186
0.51 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Bishop, Yvonne Maureen Jul. 1,
2008		 Jun. 28,
2009		 362
0.99 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Biswell, Jonna L. Apr. 7,
2009		 Oct. 30,
2009		 206
0.56 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Bohannon, Heather Megan Feb. 17,
2009		 Sep. 10,
2009		 205
0.56 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Bostic, Debra Lee Sep. 16,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Briones, Deborah Starr Mar. 18,
2005		 Sep. 6,
2005		 172
0.47 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Briskie-Rivera, Samantha Dec. 8,
2000		 Jan. 16,
2004		 1,134
3.11 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Brown, Regina Colleen Jun. 16,
2008		 Nov. 10,
2008		 147
0.40 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Browne, Michele Aug. 14,
2007		 Jun. 15,
2008		 306
0.84 yrs.		 Suspension/Probation (PDF)
Bursk, Kimberly Jean Apr. 10,
2007		 Dec. 29,
2007		 263
0.72 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Butler, Sheena Sep. 10,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Cahill-Therrien, Mary Eileen Jul. 18,
2002		 Jun. 25,
2007		 1,803
4.94 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Callaway, Kevin Congrave Nov. 8,
2005		 Dec. 7,
2006		 394
1.08 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Carson, Laura Lee Oct. 10,
2008		 Sep. 30,
2009		 355
0.97 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Childress, Kathleen Janice Aug. 10,
2006		 Apr. 15,
2007		 248
0.68 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Coleman, Tina Marie Apr. 20,
2008		 Nov. 10,
2008		 204
0.56 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Conwell Jr., Phillip A. Mar. 28,
2003		 Oct. 24,
2004		 576
1.58 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Couvertier, Patricia Ann May 29,
2002		 Jul. 4,
2003		 401
1.10 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Cruz, Ronald James Aug. 14,
2007		 Jun. 2,
2009		 658
1.80 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Curiel, Claudia Ivette Apr. 23,
2008		 Jan. 5,
2009		 257
0.70 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Currier, Melony J. Mar. 26,
2007		 Apr. 28,
2008		 399
1.09 yrs.		 Suspension/Probation (PDF)
Davis, Mary Kathryn Jul. 21,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
De Roque, Jennifer Beth Mar. 19,
2002		 Jan. 22,
2003		 309
0.85 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Delce, Tawana La Tecia Dec. 10,
2008		 Sep. 30,
2009		 294
0.81 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Dennis, Steven Brian May 8,
2006		 Mar. 7,
2007		 303
0.83 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Dix, Gina Lynn Nov. 1,
2004		 Jul. 18,
2005		 259
0.71 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Dobbs, Deborah May 25,
2006		 Oct. 2,
2006		 130
0.36 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Dorman, David Apr. 20,
2008		 Oct. 5,
2008		 168
0.46 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Doyle, Margaret Therese Aug. 27,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Ekelius, Anette H. Jan. 15,
2004		 Aug. 30,
2004		 228
0.62 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Fahrni, Tiffany Renea Jan. 6,
2009		 Dec. 18,
2009		 346
0.95 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Farrell, Shannon Sep. 23,
2008		 Aug. 6,
2009		 317
0.87 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Ferea, Rebecca Grace Sep. 8,
2008		 Jul. 2,
2009		 297
0.81 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Frank, Edith Jenean Mar. 14,
2002		 Nov. 24,
2002		 255
0.70 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Gish, Aerika May 23,
2005		 Nov. 25,
2005		 186
0.51 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Gonzalez, Magda Jul. 31,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Gosnell-Chambers, Gabrielle May 6,
2004		 Dec. 3,
2004		 211
0.58 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Gott, Bianca Leigh Jul. 6,
2007		 Mar. 21,
2008		 259
0.71 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Hankinson, Kimberlly Dec. 8,
2006		 Jan. 28,
2008		 416
1.14 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Hannah, Douglas R.L. Dec. 12,
2006		 Oct. 4,
2007		 296
0.81 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Herlong, Kathy R. Aug. 24,
2006		 Jun. 15,
2007		 295
0.81 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Hester, Judy Lynn Aug. 11,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Huang, Anna W. Jun. 4,
2007		 Aug. 25,
2008		 448
1.23 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Hultsch, Ann Marie Dec. 1,
2003		 Jun. 20,
2005		 567
1.55 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Iaquinto, Karen Mortiboy Aug. 11,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Kilpatric, Brooke Elise May 18,
2006		 Jan. 8,
2007		 235
0.64 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Kinney, Joseph T. Mar. 23,
2009		 Oct. 30,
2009		 221
0.61 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Kirkpatrick, Elvia Cecilia Mar. 23,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Kohl, Catherine Jul. 14,
2006		 Jul. 12,
2007		 363
0.99 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Lacambra, Sarah E. Feb. 22,
2007		 Dec. 17,
2007		 298
0.82 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Larson, Joseph Martin Sep. 17,
2004		 Jul. 22,
2005		 308
0.84 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Lauterbach, Carrie Irene Apr. 10,
2007		 Oct. 29,
2007		 202
0.55 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Lawler, Susan Marie May 16,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Lopez, David John Sep. 24,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Luciani, Kelly Louise Oct. 21,
2002		 Aug. 12,
2004		 661
1.81 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Masse, Robin Jeanne Apr. 22,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Matcham (Engell), Jennifer Lynn Nov. 16,
2006		 Jul. 2,
2007		 228
0.62 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Matheny, Chad Edward Aug. 17,
2007		 -
Accusation Pending
McCormick, Jill Ellen May 13,
2003		 Oct. 5,
2003		 145
0.40 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
McCray, Cynthia Ann Nov. 7,
2002		 Aug. 12,
2004		 644
1.76 yrs.		 Probation
McMordie, Colleen M. Jun. 15,
2007		 Sep. 18,
2008		 461
1.26 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Messick, Karen Diane Alison Nov. 26,
2008		 Sep. 1,
2009		 279
0.76 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Moe, Gail C. Aug. 15,
2001		 Mar. 27,
2002		 224
0.61 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Mora, Kathleen Joan Sep. 15,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Morrison, Susan Kay Jan. 25,
2008		 Dec. 29,
2008		 339
0.93 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Muniz, Rebecca Marie Feb. 7,
2008		 Oct. 16,
2008		 252
0.69 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Murphy, Cary Ann May 8,
2006		 Dec. 18,
2006		 224
0.61 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Murray, Cliff Lowden Jun. 3,
2004		 Feb. 28,
2005		 270
0.74 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Neeley, Michael Duane Dec. 2,
2002		 Jul. 3,
2003		 213
0.58 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Nordfelt, Ray Allan Nov. 30,
2006		 Jun. 11,
2007		 193
0.53 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Obertrifter, Mary D. Feb. 10,
2005		 Mar. 9,
2006		 392
1.07 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Obiora, Raphael O. Jun. 22,
2004		 Jun. 11,
2007		 1,084
2.97 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Orella, Lori H. Jul. 18,
2002		 May 17,
2003		 303
0.83 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Patterson, Carol Marie Apr. 25,
2007		 Jan. 29,
2009		 645
1.77 yrs.		 Suspension/Probation (PDF)
Pence, Andrea Lee Oct. 8,
2008		 Apr. 27,
2009		 201
0.55 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Penebre, Katherine Alice Feb. 1,
2007		 Jan. 8,
2009		 707
1.94 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Perez, Karin Nicole Jun. 26,
2006		 Jan. 15,
2007		 203
0.56 yrs.		 Suspension/Probation (PDF)
Peterson, Phyllis J. Mar. 24,
2004		 Jun. 3,
2005		 436
1.19 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Phillips, Steven Ross Sep. 25,
2007		 Mar. 20,
2009		 542
1.48 yrs.		 Suspension/Probation (PDF)
Pitchford, Rosalind Y. Aug. 16,
2007		 Dec. 24,
2007		 130
0.36 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Port, Shelly Ann Nov. 16,
2006		 Jun. 11,
2007		 207
0.57 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Pravel, Jane Ann Feb. 10,
2005		 Dec. 19,
2005		 312
0.85 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Quijada, Jennifer Renee Apr. 18,
2007		 Jul. 31,
2008		 470
1.29 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Quisenberry, Eva H. Apr. 1,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Rice, Judith Spencer Aug. 7,
2003		 Mar. 31,
2004		 237
0.65 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Robinson, Laura Lee Sep. 29,
2006		 Mar. 24,
2008		 542
1.48 yrs.		 Suspension/Probation (PDF)
Roddy, Teresa Jan. 2,
2008		 Jun. 18,
2008		 168
0.46 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Rouchleau, Jennifer Ann Jul. 1,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
San Juan, Joseph Oliver Jan. 27,
2003		 Apr. 1,
2004		 430
1.18 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Scott, Roberta J. Aug. 12,
2008		 Sep. 27,
2009		 411
1.13 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Sepulveda, Melissa M. Jun. 24,
2008		 Jan. 2,
2009		 192
0.53 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Shaw, Byron Keith Apr. 9,
2004		 Jun. 2,
2006		 784
2.15 yrs.		 Suspension/Probation (PDF)
Smith, Chantel Michael Jul. 31,
2007		 Jul. 8,
2009		 708
1.94 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Smith, Johanna R. Aug. 3,
2007		 Dec. 18,
2008		 503
1.38 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Smith, Vickie J. Mar. 6,
2006		 Jan. 8,
2007		 308
0.84 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Soued, Toni Aug. 14,
2007		 Apr. 21,
2008		 251
0.69 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Stalsworth, Bryan Philip Apr. 28,
2009		 Oct. 30,
2009		 185
0.51 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Stell, Gail Landress Jun. 16,
2008		 Dec. 17,
2009		 549
1.50 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Stewart, Lavon Ann Aug. 15,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Stump, Susan Michele Dec. 19,
2006		 Apr. 25,
2008		 493
1.35 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Tate, Joani Lee Nov. 1,
2001		 Mar. 12,
2003		 496
1.36 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Thomas, Carolyn Fay Aug. 25,
2004		 Aug. 12,
2005		 352
0.96 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Valinoti, Patricia Jean Sep. 8,
2008		 Jun. 22,
2009		 287
0.79 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Vanciel, Nancy E. Jun. 11,
2002		 Feb. 10,
2004		 609
1.67 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Verrette, Joseph Anthony Oct. 31,
2000		 Mar. 10,
2002		 495
1.36 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Volenec, Melanie M. Sep. 5,
2007		 Jul. 29,
2008		 328
0.90 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Ward, Constance Laverne Jul. 13,
2006		 Mar. 2,
2007		 232
0.64 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Washington, Pattie Lynn Dec. 5,
2007		 Nov. 16,
2008		 347
0.95 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Weber, Johanna Marie Aug. 28,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Wells, Catherine June Nov. 9,
2007		 Dec. 18,
2008		 405
1.11 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Wheatley, Christine Jennifer May 5,
2003		 Apr. 25,
2004		 356
0.98 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Wheaton, Laura Lynn Apr. 14,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Whipple, Katherine Leigh Aug. 3,
2007		 Mar. 15,
2008		 225
0.62 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Whitney, Jennifer Christine Oct. 23,
2007		 Jul. 7,
2008		 258
0.71 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Wilk, Mary Ann May 11,
2004		 Apr. 27,
2006		 716
1.96 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Williams, Mona Lee Jan. 12,
2009		 Jul. 8,
2009		 177
0.48 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Wilmshurst, Sandra Louise Oct. 15,
2003		 Feb. 28,
2005		 502
1.38 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Wilson, Shelley O. Apr. 12,
2005		 Jun. 16,
2006		 430
1.18 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Womack, Maria G. Aug. 11,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)

Data last updated Dec. 26, 2009

Please note there are several limitations to the database:
  • This database includes nurses who faced disciplinary action between 2002 and September 2009, as well as any subsequent actions against these nurses. .
  • Employers and patients seeking verification of a nurse’s license should use the Web site of the Board of Registered Nursing.
  • Multiple nurses may have the same name, but each has a unique license number.
  • The information on the database is based on the Web site of the Board of Registered Nursing and state documents. In some cases, the Web site and documents conflict; in such cases, reporters used dates included in the board’s documents.
  • Documents for some cases are missing from the site in whole or in part.
  • The database does not include discipline against nurses meted out as a condition of being licensed. Such discipline is only included if the nurse subsequently faced board action.
  • The grounds listed for discipline in this database are based on the board’s public allegations against the nurses. Because accusations are sometimes written in an unclear or inconsistent manner, reporters did not try to guess the intent.
  • This database includes discipline against some nurses who have subsequently died. The board has removed many of these nurses from its Web site. They are included here because they faced disciplinary action during the period examined.

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