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The Saskatchewan nurse who was found guilty of professional misconduct and fined $26,000 for writing about her grandfather’s end-of-life care on Facebook is “absolutely devastated” that her appeal of the conviction and penalty was dismissed, says her lawyer.

Marcus Davies, the lawyer representing nurse Carolyn Strom, said he will appeal the decision.

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Strom’s legal battle was sparked by a Facebook post she put up in February 2015 while she was on maternity leave. Her grandfather had just died and Strom posted an article on her personal Facebook page about end-of-life care. She commented below the article that her grandfather’s care at a health facility in Macklin had been “sub par.”

Staff at the facility complained to the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association (SRNA), the regulatory body for nurses in the province, which found Strom guilty of professional misconduct.

The association fined Strom $1,000 for violating the organization’s code of ethics and ordered her to pay $25,000 to cover some of the costs of the investigation and hearing, which cost roughly $150,000.