Kuigoua

BACKGROUND

I. Kuigoua worked as a registered nurse at a nursing home for veterans operated by CalVet. He received positive performance evaluations, but several issues emerged concerning his behavior toward coworkers and his care of patients, ultimately leading to his termination in 2018. A. According to testimony before the Board, Kuigoua made crude sexual gestures and comments to three of his coworkers. S.W., an office assistant, testified that Kuigoua grabbed his penis over his pants and shook it at her when he saw her walking down the hall. She said that her boyfriend also worked at the nursing home and Kuigoua would only bother her when her boyfriend was around. Kuigoua would get close to her and whisper in her ear as if he were asking her about dating. She believed he did this to upset her boyfriend. S.W.’s boyfriend died in May 2021. S.S., a licensed vocational nurse (LVN), testified that Kuigoua saw some of her family wedding pictures and made comments about how he wanted her to “hook him up” with her cousins because he liked Indian women. Kuigoua was married, but said he was single; he said he would leave his keys so that T.A., another LVN, could come and visit him at…