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| Summary of Diversion Incident | Address of Incident | Facility | Updated | |
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| The nurse, who leaders did not identify by name or age, worked in the hospital’s emergency department from Aug. 4, 2017, through March 23 of this year. She has resigned and faces an investigation by the state’s Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission, She denied any illegal activity when confronted by hospital investigators, Bredeson said, but | 401 15th Ave SE, Puyallup, WA 98372 | MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| a nurse diverted 1,388 mg of hydromorphone over a period of three months. Hendricks Regional began subscribing to and using Omnicell’s Pandora Analytics software to improve detection of drug diversion; re-educated staff; installed high-definition cameras; and increased reporting after its pharmacy discovered a nurse’s diversion. | 1000 E Main St, Danville, IN 46122 | Hendricks Community Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Based on “numerous incidents of diversion,” Reid was cited by the Drug Enforcement Administration for “failure to provide effective controls and procedures to guard against theft and diversion of controlled substances … ” On the day that Reid finally caught up with nurse Michelle Hibbard, in January of 2017, she was a walking pharmacy. Asked | 1100 Reid Pkwy, Richmond, IN 47374 | Reid Health (FKA: Reid Hospital & Health Care Services) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| The Board of Nursing revoked the licenses of a registered nurses who diverted medication from a hospital in Mountain Home and pleaded guilty to drug-related crimes. According to a board order, Bruce R. Clendenin, R.N., of Greeneville, stole patients’ medications and falsified records while employed at the James H. Quillen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical | Lamont St &, Veterans Way, Johnson City, TN 37604 | Mountain Home VA Medical Center (Quillen VA Medical Center) | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| The Board of Nursing revoked the licenses of a registered nurses who diverted medication from a hospital in Kingsport and pleaded guilty to drug-related crimes. The license of Ashley L. Hagood, R.N., of Mount Carmel, was also revoked for unauthorized removal of controlled substances and problems with accuracy of patient records during her employment at | 2000 Brookside Dr, Kingsport, TN 37660 | Indian Path Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Due to action taken by a licensing board in West Virginia, the Tennessee licenses of Shannon Rowe, A.P.N., R.N., Elizabethton, have been placed on probation to run concurrent with an existing Tennessee Professional Assistance Program contract. A board order states Rowe’s abuse of Dilaudid and Ativan in April 2008 prompted the West Virginia Board of | 1500 W Elk Ave, Elizabethton, TN 37643 | November 19, 2019 | View full detail | |
| Arkansas nurse arrested, surrenders license after admitting after stealing hydrocodone from nursing home patients. | Mountain Home, Arkansas | An Unnamed Nursing Home in Mountain Home, Arkansas | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Surface allegedly admitted to diverting controlled substances from IU Health and St. Vincent, testing positive for amphetamines, opiates and fentanyl when required to provide a drug screen during a diversion investigation at IU Health, and appearing under the influence during a work shift at St. Vincent. Surface was charged in Marion County Superior Court with | 550 University Blvd, Indianapolis, IN 46202 | IU Health University Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Surface allegedly admitted to diverting controlled substances from IU Health and St. Vincent, testing positive for amphetamines, opiates and fentanyl when required to provide a drug screen during a diversion investigation at IU Health, and appearing under the influence during a work shift at St. Vincent. Surface was charged in Marion County Superior Court with | 2001 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260 | St Vincent Indianapolis Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| South Carolina registered nurse faces multiple charges of stealing morphine, Oxycodone, Lorazepam, Hydromorphone and Tramadol from patients. | 101 E Wood St, Spartanburg, SC 29303 | Spartanburg Medical Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A former nurse received probation Friday after pleading guilty to stealing a small amount of the synthetic opioid fentanyl while employed at Saint Vincent Hospital. Stephanie L. George pleaded guilty to a third-degree misdemeanor count of theft by deception and an ungraded misdemeanor count of procuring drugs by fraud. Erie County Judge John Garhart immediately | 232 W 25th St, Erie, PA 16544 | Saint Vincent Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Marisha Winiarczyk, an Erie woman was sentenced to serve work release Friday for illegally writing prescriptions while working on a forged nursing license at an assisted living facility. The woman received two months of work release and four months on electronic monitoring, followed by three and a half years of probation, from Erie County Judge | 322 Washington Pl, Erie, PA 16505 | Regency at South Shore | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| More than 100 suspected diversions of fentanyl uncovered after an investigation prompted by a found fentanyl syringe on an unattended medical cart. | 2500 Overlook Terrace, Madison, WI 53705 | William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A nurse in Mississippi has been indicted on one count of fraudulently obtaining prescription drugs prescribed to a patient. The state attorney general’s office says in a news release Tuesday that the 58-year-old nurse turned herself in to police Thursday. Bond was set at $2,500. It was not immediately clear whether she is represented by | 102 Woodchase Park Dr, Clinton, MS 39056 | Woodlands Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Two former nurses accused of stealing prescribed drugs for hospice patients were sentenced to three years in prison. The Minot Daily News reports that 40-year-old April Beckler and 47-year-old Kim Kochel were sentenced on Friday. They pleaded guilty in May to endangering a vulnerable adult and criminal conspiracy. Prosecutors say Kochel and Beckler stole the | 1015 S Broadway # 303, Minot, ND 58701 | Trinity Home Health/Hospice | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Charged with failure to make, keep or furnish records, furnishing false or fraudulent information, obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and misdemeanor theft. Was employed at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago from March 17, 2009, until Oct. 14, 2016, when he was fired for allegedly stealing controlled substances from the hospital, according to court | South Entrance, 4321 Fir St, East Chicago, IN 46312 | St Catherine Hospital | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Florida surgery center nurse allegedly signed out twice the amount of fentanyl needed for surgeries, pocketing the rest for personal use. | 220 N Sykes Creek Pkwy #101, Merritt Island, FL 32953 | Merritt Island Surgery Center | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| The case began in June when the Memorial Hospital’s pharmacy staff found irregularities in the access of hydromorphone/Dilaudid during a routine review of the hospital’s automated medication dispensing system, the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer Ryan Smith said during a news conference. The pharmacy staff found more than 400 patients who were given Dilaudid may not | 111 S 5th St, Douglas, WY 82633 | Memorial Hospital of Converse County | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Spurlock, Cassie, RN93969: License Revoked for violation of NRS 632.347(1)(g) unprofessional conduct; NAC 632.890(9) practicing nursing while, with or without good cause, his or her physical, mental or emotional condition impairs his or her ability to act in a manner consistent with established or customary nursing standards, or both; (16) failing to document properly the | Nevada | Unknown Healthcare Facility in Nevada | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Among the incidents reported occurred on an overnight shift Jan. 19 when Krisher-Behm was working and a patient received two “additional, unscheduled maximum doses of oxycodone” in response to reported shoulder pain, the complaint said. Nurses who checked later indicated the patient reported no pain, “had not had any considerable pain for several days” and | N2665 County Rd QQ, Waupaca, WI 54981 | Wisconsin Veterans Home at King | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| A former registered nurse at an Altoona nursing home now faces charges she stole medication Nichole S. Soyster, 46, of 362 Chandelle Drive, Martinsburg, turned herself in to Altoona police and state attorney general narcotics investigators on Tuesday to face felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from an alleged incident in May where police contend Soyster | 700 South Cayuga Ave, Altoona, PA 16602 | Hillview Chateau | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| An Austin nurse accused of stealing medication from her hospice patient has entered a guilty plea in the case. Lyna Ann Tschann, 38, on Tuesday entered a guilty plea as part of a plea agreement to one count of fifth-degree drug possession, a gross misdemeanor, in Mower County District Court. Tschann was initially charged with | Austin Texas | Home of a hospice patient living in the 300 block of Second Avenue Northeast, Austin, Texas | November 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| An Iowa nurse with a history of theft has been convicted of stealing fentanyl from hospital patients at two different facilities. | 3 Pennsylvania Pl Ottumwa Iowa 52501 | Vista Woods | March 19, 2019 | View full detail |
| Delaware nurse forged the signatures of other registered nurses and licensed practical nurses indicating the drugs had been given to patients. | 100 Sunnyside Rd, Smyrna, Delaware 19977 | Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill | March 19, 2019 | View full detail |
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