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Sanctioned California Nurses Database

List of Disciplinary Actions: 2007

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 303 actions found in this query. These disciplinary actions – license revocations, surrenders of licenses, and probations – were imposed in 2007.

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.

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Nurse Accusation Date Decision Date Days Elapsed Decision
Neuhoff, Susan Oct. 26,
2006		 Mar. 8,
2007		 133
0.36 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Newton, Scott Dec. 8,
2006		 Apr. 19,
2007		 132
0.36 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Noehren, Alice L. Feb. 27,
2007		 Jul. 26,
2007		 149
0.41 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Norman, Bryn Dec. 19,
2006		 Jun. 11,
2007		 174
0.48 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Novak, Teresa Vasquez Jun. 20,
2006		 May 2,
2007		 316
0.87 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
O'Donnell, James Edward Aug. 15,
2005		 Jun. 11,
2007		 665
1.82 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Parks, Ken Mason Dec. 27,
2006		 Jul. 26,
2007		 211
0.58 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Parmelly, Janet L. Nov. 30,
2006		 Jul. 2,
2007		 214
0.59 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Paschen, Beth Lynn Mar. 8,
2006		 Apr. 19,
2007		 407
1.12 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Pease, Brian Spencer Jul. 31,
2007		 Dec. 20,
2007		 142
0.39 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Pierce, Robert Aug. 24,
2006		 Apr. 5,
2007		 224
0.61 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Port, Shelly Ann Nov. 16,
2006		 Jun. 11,
2007		 207
0.57 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Revheim, Brian Andrew Jul. 23,
2007		 Dec. 26,
2007		 156
0.43 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Richard, Sonya Lavonne May 22,
2006		 Mar. 23,
2007		 305
0.84 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Rider, Angelique Michele Nov. 8,
2006		 Dec. 15,
2007		 402
1.10 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Rivers, Lauren Nicole May 18,
2006		 Feb. 5,
2007		 263
0.72 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Rose, Patricia Elizabeth Aug. 10,
2006		 Mar. 12,
2007		 214
0.59 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Scott, Linda Sue Apr. 18,
2007		 Oct. 28,
2007		 193
0.53 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Shelley, Colleen M. Jan. 5,
2007		 Jun. 10,
2007		 156
0.43 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Skews, Matthew G. Feb. 20,
2007		 Sep. 6,
2007		 198
0.54 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Small, Helene Renee Oct. 14,
2003		 May 3,
2007		 1,297
3.55 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Smith, Terry Lynn Mar. 26,
2007		 Dec. 13,
2007		 262
0.72 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Smith, Vickie J. Mar. 6,
2006		 Jan. 8,
2007		 308
0.84 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Stein, Barbara Redewill Aug. 31,
2006		 Apr. 6,
2007		 218
0.60 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Surmann, Cindy Karen Jun. 27,
2007		 Nov. 10,
2007		 136
0.37 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Sweeney, Christine Ann Oct. 26,
2006		 Mar. 23,
2007		 148
0.41 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Thomas, Sandra Apr. 25,
2007		 Oct. 28,
2007		 186
0.51 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Trejos, Duke Rocky Nov. 28,
2006		 Jul. 20,
2007		 234
0.64 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Valdez, Ella P. Sep. 8,
2006		 Jul. 11,
2007		 306
0.84 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Walsh, Laurel Anne Jul. 26,
2007		 Dec. 16,
2007		 143
0.39 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Warren, Jessica Porter Aug. 24,
2006		 Jun. 7,
2007		 287
0.79 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Whelan, Laurie Oct. 12,
2006		 Jun. 15,
2007		 246
0.67 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Williams, Jon Roderick Jan. 23,
2006		 Mar. 12,
2007		 413
1.13 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Williams, Karen Ruth Jul. 6,
2007		 Dec. 19,
2007		 166
0.45 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Windell, Laura Feb. 27,
2007		 Nov. 3,
2007		 249
0.68 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Woloszyn, Sharon M. Aug. 10,
2006		 Mar. 23,
2007		 225
0.62 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Yu, Roselyn Dec. 18,
2006		 Jul. 27,
2007		 221
0.61 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Zeidan, Sahar Jun. 14,
2007		 Dec. 30,
2007		 199
0.55 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Zylstra, Christeena Lynn Nov. 30,
2006		 Oct. 28,
2007		 332
0.91 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Ahern, Carol Jun. 6,
2007		 Nov. 14,
2007		 161
0.44 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Bland, Joy Ann Apr. 21,
2006		 Mar. 5,
2007		 318
0.87 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Bright, Dennis Edward - Sep. 19,
2007
Surrendered (PDF)
Bristol, Kenneth Howard Oct. 3,
2006		 Feb. 3,
2007		 123
0.34 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Brual, Minda Pacleb May 22,
2006		 Apr. 5,
2007		 318
0.87 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Campbell, Kathleen A. Apr. 22,
2005		 Apr. 5,
2007		 713
1.95 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Cipollina, Kendra Rebecca - Oct. 18,
2007
Surrendered (PDF)
Clark, Deana L. Apr. 25,
2007		 Nov. 9,
2007		 198
0.54 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Coburn, Sue Ann Jan. 17,
2007		 Oct. 17,
2007		 273
0.75 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Cole, Nena Babette Crane Feb. 20,
2007		 Aug. 25,
2007		 186
0.51 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Cooper, Richard Lee - Nov. 1,
2007
Surrendered (PDF)
Couturie, Donna D. Apr. 17,
2007		 Nov. 3,
2007		 200
0.55 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Dentoni, Sheila Kelley Jul. 24,
2006		 Mar. 22,
2007		 241
0.66 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Elliott, Tawny Renee Aug. 24,
2006		 Mar. 28,
2007		 216
0.59 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Eveland, Tracy Lynn Apr. 10,
2007		 Nov. 29,
2007		 233
0.64 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Fairman, Penny Lea Apr. 30,
2007		 Nov. 2,
2007		 186
0.51 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Faubel, Janet Aug. 24,
2006		 Feb. 23,
2007		 183
0.50 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Fu, Alexander Qing Jul. 13,
2007		 Dec. 12,
2007		 152
0.42 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Gutierrez, Patricia D. Jun. 25,
2007		 Nov. 2,
2007		 130
0.36 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Herlong, Kathy R. Aug. 24,
2006		 Jun. 15,
2007		 295
0.81 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Hogan, Yu Meng Jan. 5,
2007		 Dec. 21,
2007		 350
0.96 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Irvin, Christopher Alan Nov. 16,
2006		 Mar. 19,
2007		 123
0.34 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Israel, Steven Nixon Jun. 1,
2006		 Feb. 23,
2007		 267
0.73 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Jensen-Toft, Summer Lorraine May 25,
2006		 Oct. 4,
2007		 497
1.36 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Labauve Jr., Vernon Perry Jul. 13,
2006		 Apr. 5,
2007		 266
0.73 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Lahr, Nancy Ann Nov. 8,
2006		 Apr. 19,
2007		 162
0.44 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Lauterbach, Carrie Irene Apr. 10,
2007		 Oct. 29,
2007		 202
0.55 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Lauzier, Jeremy Paul May 25,
2006		 Feb. 8,
2007		 259
0.71 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Leland, Laurie A. Sep. 21,
2004		 Feb. 8,
2007		 870
2.38 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Lindland, Henry Maxwell Mar. 6,
2006		 Mar. 16,
2007		 375
1.03 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Linville, Thomas Garard - Dec. 7,
2007
Surrendered (PDF)
Lyda, Valerie Kathleen May 25,
2006		 Apr. 6,
2007		 316
0.87 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
MacKinney, Lyric Tracey - Apr. 17,
2007
Surrendered (PDF)
McJunkin, Linda C. - Oct. 20,
2007
Surrendered (PDF)
McKim, Diane E. Feb. 27,
2006		 Jan. 15,
2007		 322
0.88 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Miller, Maria R. Jul. 3,
2007		 Nov. 12,
2007		 132
0.36 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Moe, Gail C. Sep. 21,
2006		 Jul. 26,
2007		 308
0.84 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Morse, Deborah A. Aug. 16,
2006		 Jun. 7,
2007		 295
0.81 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Newell, Connie C. Jun. 5,
2007		 Nov. 15,
2007		 163
0.45 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Pace, Dawn K. Oct. 25,
2005		 Jul. 2,
2007		 615
1.68 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Pirwani, Rozmin Salim Sep. 7,
2005		 Feb. 8,
2007		 519
1.42 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Pitchford, Rosalind Y. Aug. 16,
2007		 Dec. 24,
2007		 130
0.36 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Pitifer, Mar Ellen Dec. 18,
2006		 Jul. 6,
2007		 200
0.55 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Podd, Cathryn Lee Dec. 21,
2006		 Oct. 24,
2007		 307
0.84 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Pullman, Laura Kay May 31,
2005		 Jan. 15,
2007		 594
1.63 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Ramirez, Estela Oct. 26,
2006		 Jun. 7,
2007		 224
0.61 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Redmon, Suzie Marie May 25,
2006		 Jan. 22,
2007		 242
0.66 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Russell, Sherry E. Feb. 22,
2005		 Feb. 5,
2007		 713
1.95 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Sackett, Jeffrey William - Oct. 18,
2007
Surrendered (PDF)
Sanders, Ozelle Aletha Jan. 30,
2007		 Nov. 3,
2007		 277
0.76 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Shultz, Judith A. - Apr. 18,
2007
Surrendered (PDF)
Smith, Kathleen Ann - Jun. 4,
2007
Surrendered (PDF)
Smith, Wendy Sue Dec. 6,
2006		 Jul. 19,
2007		 225
0.62 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Sneddon (Howe), Lynne Rae - Oct. 18,
2007
Surrendered (PDF)
Speegle, Sandra Louise Mar. 12,
2007		 Oct. 28,
2007		 230
0.63 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Spruill, Knar May 22,
2007		 Nov. 1,
2007		 163
0.45 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Stevens, Dorsie Mae Apr. 21,
2006		 Mar. 12,
2007		 325
0.89 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Talbot, Phyllis Meral May 15,
2006		 Jul. 20,
2007		 431
1.18 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Walker, Diana Lynn Jun. 25,
2007		 Nov. 15,
2007		 143
0.39 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Ward, Constance Laverne Jul. 13,
2006		 Mar. 2,
2007		 232
0.64 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Whelan, Cheryl A. Jun. 15,
2006		 Feb. 22,
2007		 252
0.69 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Wilson, Nancy Anne Aug. 31,
2006		 Jul. 13,
2007		 316
0.87 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Wilson (Lang), Sally Marie - Nov. 1,
2007
Surrendered (PDF)
Wright, Gwendolyn M. Mar. 16,
2004		 Feb. 5,
2007		 1,056
2.89 yrs.		 Surrendered (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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