B.C. nurse gets 3-week suspension for ‘unprofessional communications’ to colleagues

The emergency department entrance to St. Paul's hospital in downtown Vancouver, B.C. Thursday, March 19, 2020. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)

A B.C. nurse who sent “unprofessional communications” to colleagues, including some that were “discriminatory, derogatory and threatening,” has been suspended by the provincial regulatory college.

Antonia Stetz reached a consent agreement with the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives on Dec. 30, and a brief summary of the agreement was published online this week.

The summary does not elaborate on the contents of the communications Stetz sent or the medium in which she sent them. It says only that these “practice issues” occurred between May and July of 2025.

“The registrant has voluntarily agreed to terms equivalent to a limit and/or condition on their practice, including a three-week suspension and remedial education in professional responsibility and communication,” the summary reads, adding that the college’s inquiry committee is “satisfied that the terms will address the professional and practice concerns that arose and will protect the public.”

The BCCNM’s online database lists Stetz as a practising registered nurse whose primary employer is St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Her registration is valid through the end of March.