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A registered nurse faces drug charges after allegedly diverting narcotic pain medication from a local hospital, UPMC Susquehanna Muncy, court documents state.

On March 31, 2018, Rothermel allegedly pulled Oxycodone from Pyxis without documenting it as administered to the patient, returned to Pyxis or wasted.

On April 12, 2018, Rothermel allegedly asked two co-worker nurses to document that they had witnessed the waste of a morphine vial that they had not actually seen. Rothermel allegedly claimed the morphine already was wasted during the day shift. When both nurses refused to document the waste as witnesses, Rothermel allegedly “found” a morphine vial from her pocket and wasted it in front of them.

Rothermel previously was terminated from Reading Hospital for suspected diversion of Dilaudid, a pain medication, after testing positive for Dilaudid.