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Showing 444 of 730 cases · page 56 of 56.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Arkansas hospital nurse's license suspended three years after narcotics cabinet tampering and Demerol concerns
1993-08-17
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Arkansas | Two hospitals, in Bentonville and Eureka Springs | Demerol (meperidine) | not stated | Registered nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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University of Utah Medical Center nurse accused of diverting Percocet by substituting Tylenol
1990-06
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Utah | University of Utah Medical Center | Percocet; Tylenol; Tylenol and Motrin combinations | Allegedly signed out Percocet prescribed to patients who had already been discharged and had not requested the drug; on about 10 occasions allegedly gave plain Tylenol or Tylenol and Motrin combinations to women who had requested Percocet and kept the Percocet for her own use; allegedly began taking one to three pills a week away from work and later used Percocet at work. | not stated | Faces sanctions against her license; charged by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing with two counts of violating the state's Nurse Practice Act and Controlled Substance Act; had 30 days to respond, after which a hearing could be held or a settlement negotiated; voluntarily entered a drug dependency program earlier that year. | none documented | source |
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Mississippi nurse anesthetist's license revocation over unaccounted Demerol reversed by state supreme court
1984-10-03
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Mississippi | County hospital in Monticello, Mississippi | Demerol | not stated | Certified registered nurse anesthetist | not stated | none documented | source |
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DC agency nurse's Demerol pull for a patient with an expired order led to two-year suspension, upheld on appeal
1983-03-29
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District of Columbia | Capitol Hill Hospital, Washington, DC | Demerol (meperidine), 50 mg | not stated | Registered nurse (temporary staffing agency) | not stated | none documented | source |
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- Method: stated in 474 of 730 cases (65%)
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.