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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Massachusetts Nurse Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2024)
2024
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Massachusetts Massachusetts |
Nurse (Massachusetts) | Fentanyl | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2024) to 36 months probation | none documented | source |
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Oregon Nurse Charged in Opioid Diversion Case (2024)
2024
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Oregon Oregon |
Nurse (Oregon) | Fentanyl | Charge as worded in the source: 44 felony counts of second-degree assault | not stated | Charged (2024); charges are allegations, no conviction reported in the source | none documented | source |
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Surgery Center RN Sentenced for Swapping Fentanyl for Saline in ~450 Vials
2023-06-27
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Florida Jensen Beach, Florida |
Circulating nurse, outpatient surgical center (Jensen Beach, Martin County, FL) | Fentanyl — swapped for saline in ~450 vials | Extracted fentanyl from vials Feb 28-Apr 18, 2022, replaced with saline, returned vials to the center for use on patients | not stated | Sentenced to 48 months + 3 yrs supervised release | none documented | source |
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Raleigh-Area Nurse Sentenced for Tampering with Surgical Patients' Painkillers
2023-05-22
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North Carolina Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina |
Surgical practice, Fuquay-Varina/Raleigh, NC | Fentanyl, morphine, meperidine | Extracted drug from 78+ vials, refilled with saline | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced May 2023 to 48 months | none documented | source |
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Surgical practice nurse sentenced for tampering with fentanyl, morphine, and meperidine and replacing them with saline
2023-05
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North Carolina Raleigh, NC |
a Raleigh-area surgical practice | fentanyl, morphine, and meperidine | extracted medication from vials of fentanyl, morphine, and meperidine and replaced it with saline, compromising at least 78 vials, including those intended for surgical patients; testing found compromised vials contained less than 15% of the actual medication and that tampering rendered multiple vials unsterile | not stated | sentenced to 48 months in prison and three years of supervised release; pleaded guilty to the charges; plea agreement requires permanent surrender of the nursing license | none documented | source |
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Hospital nurse accused of diverting fentanyl from CHI Health St. Elizabeth
2023-04
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Nebraska Lincoln, NE |
CHI Health St. Elizabeth | fentanyl | Allegedly took fentanyl from the hospital and improperly accounted for fentanyl waste in medical records; an audit found fentanyl checkouts with discrepancies in May and June 2022; a urine test was positive for fentanyl according to court documents. | not stated | Charged with acquiring a controlled substance by fraud; arrest warrant issued; not yet arrested; resigned from the position. | none documented | source |
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Pain clinic nurse practitioner conspired to dispense fentanyl by forging a physician's signature on prescriptions
2023-01
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Alabama | a pain management clinic | fentanyl (Subsys and Abstral, Schedule II) | Convicted of conspiring to prescribe fentanyl outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose; admitted to seeing patients without physician oversight while impaired by her own drug use, and to asking a co-defendant nurse practitioner to forge a physician's signature on controlled-substance prescriptions. | not stated | Sentenced to 20 months in federal prison after a 50% sentence reduction for cooperating in the prosecution of the clinic's co-owning physicians. | none documented | source |
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South Dakota Nurse Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Case (2023)
2023
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South Dakota South Dakota |
Nurse (South Dakota) | Fentanyl | Details are limited to what the source states; see the summary above | not stated | Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2023) to 24 months probation | none documented | source |
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