Board finds violations in Yesenia Cruz case, restarts four-year consent order and lifts suspension

After a two-day, continued hearing, the Connecticut Nursing Board found that Yesenia L. Cruz, RN (petition no. 2024-1754), violated the terms of an earlier consent order and voted to restart a four-year consent order with clarified monitoring requirements. The board also voted to vacate Cruz—s summary suspension, allowing her to resume practice immediately under the terms of the existing and newly issued order subject to department monitoring.

Department counsel presented the matter as a continued hearing and said several department exhibits had been entered earlier. Cruz, representing herself, admitted or partially admitted multiple paragraphs of the statement of charges: she admitted allegations in paragraphs 1, 2, 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 4(b), 5 and 6; she admitted paragraph 4(a) but clarified she believed she…