Ex-nurse Placed on Probation, Admitting Taking Drugs from Geisinger Medical Center
Ex-nurse Placed on Probation, Admitting Taking Drugs from Geisinger Medical Center
Ex-nurse Placed on Probation, Admitting Taking Drugs from Geisinger Medical Center
A former registered nurse at the Geisinger Medical Center near Danville Pennsylvania has been placed on a year’s probation for diverting prescription opioids for her personal use over a five-month period.
Akeya Lee Whitenight, 36, of Sunbury, was sentenced Friday after she pleaded guilty in Montour County Court to a charge of receiving stolen property.
She was charged in October 2020 by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office after it received a report from Geisinger’s diversion investigation team.
Numerous discrepancies were identified in a Geisinger audit of narcotics dispensing records and documentation related to Whitenight’s controlled substances activity, the arrest affidavit stated.
They included dispensing narcotics without a written order, failure to document the patient received the drug as ordered and administering drugs when patients were documented as being asleep or in surgery, the charges stated.
Drugs Whitenight is accused of diverting are oxycodone, fentanyl, hydromorphone, tramadol and pregabalin.
Approximate date(s) of the diversion:
05/01/2020
Where the Diversion Occurred:
Geisinger Medical Center
100 N Academy Ave, Danville, PA 17822
Type of Healthcare Facility:
Hospital
Person Diverting:
Akeya Lee Whitenight
Profession of the person diverting:
Nurse
Has the incident been reported?
e.g. to local law enforcement, county board of health, state licensure board, and/or federal DEA or FDA authorities?
Yes
To whom has the incident been reported?
Local Law Enforcement, , and/or federal DEA or FDA authorities?
