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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Detroit-area emergency room nurse pleads guilty to tampering with fentanyl vials
2025-05
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Michigan | Hospital emergency room in the Detroit area | Fentanyl (Schedule II) | not stated | Registered nurse (emergency room) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Traveling nurse fired from Little Rock hospital after positive fentanyl test; Arkansas board ordered cease and desist
2023-10
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Arkansas | Hospital in Little Rock | Fentanyl (positive drug test) | not stated | Traveling registered nurse practicing under the Nurse Licensure Compact | not stated | none documented | source |
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Kansas hospital nurse sentenced for tampering with fentanyl and hydromorphone vials
2023-03-13
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Kansas | Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas | Fentanyl and hydromorphone | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Missouri nurse diverted fentanyl at two hospitals after being fired for the first diversion
2022-10
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Missouri | A St. Louis-area hospital, then a hospital intensive care unit | Fentanyl | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Hilo Hospital Nurse Charged With Stealing Fentanyl
2022-09-23
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Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii |
Hilo Medical Center, Hawaii | Fentanyl | not stated | Former registered nurse | Charged Sept. 23, 2022; pleaded not guilty; released on $55,000 bail. Appeared in Hilo's 3rd Circuit Court; a bench warrant was issued with bail set at $55,000, later posted as cash bail; next appearance was scheduled for Dec. 5, 2022. | none documented | source |
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Connecticut fertility clinic nurse replaced fentanyl with saline, leaving patients in pain
2021-03
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Connecticut | Outpatient fertility clinic | Fentanyl | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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Southwest Michigan nurse summarily suspended over alleged fentanyl-for-saline substitution
2020-10-28
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Michigan | Southwest Michigan healthcare workplace | Fentanyl (allegedly replaced with saline) | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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South Dakota ICU nurse's lawsuit over termination for fentanyl discrepancies rejected on appeal
2020-06-17
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South Dakota | Hospital in Minnehaha County, South Dakota | Fentanyl; also unaccounted lorazepam and hydromorphone | not stated | Registered nurse, intensive care unit | not stated | none documented | source |
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Every case states When (date) and Where (state) — 931 of 931. Beyond that, a blank cell means the source record does not state that fact, not that it did not happen:
- Setting: stated in 850 of 931 cases (91%)
- Drug: stated in 858 of 931 cases (92%)
- Method: stated in 675 of 931 cases (73%)
- Prosecution status: stated in 675 of 931 cases (73%); a documented penalty (fine, settlement, or restitution) exists for 107 of 931 cases (11%)
- Role: stated in only 255 of 931 cases (27%) — filtering or sorting by role silently hides the rest of the registry, which may still describe the same role in prose without a structured field
Disclaimer
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.