Burwood told the tribunal the woman asked her to withdraw cash from her bank account and make donations to charities each week.
She claimed the donations, which were between £250 and £500 each time, would usually go towards charities that supported the blind or those with heart issues.
Burwood said she would either put the cash in charity pots while she was out and about, or hand donations directly to staff in local charity shops.
Her legal representative Victoria Rees said the resident had told her “she didn’t want anything to be left by the time she died, as she didn’t want the government to have her money”, adding Burwood “didn’t keep any records of the amount of money she withdrew or the amount of money she donated”.
The pensioner’s bank referred the matter to North Wales Police and the force launched an investigation.
The resident’s bank account was frozen following concerns about spending, but Burwood attempted to have restrictions lifted and took the resident to a bank branch.
Bank staff claimed Burwood was “almost blackmailing” the woman, and told her to ask for the accounts to be unlocked.
The panel found Burwood told the woman she would not be able to take her on outings if she could not access her money.
The hearing was told the resident later told safeguarding staff she was shocked by the amount of money that had been spent from her account.
Another nurse also said they overheard Burwood tell the woman, “I will give you the money back” and “sign here”.
She reported the conversation as evidence of financial abuse and it was decided Burwood would only make supervised visits to the woman.
Burwood claimed she had only been asking the pensioner to “sign a condolence card” and it was “not in relation to signing a document”.
She claimed the resident’s eyesight was “very poor” so she had held the card for her, showed her where she should sign and stopped her from signing over the printed words in the card.
Police investigated, but the woman did not want to take further action as she described Burwood as a friend, and believed she had “learned from her mistakes”.
The panel concluded there had been a significant imbalance of power in the relationship.