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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Wayne County LPN Sentenced to Jail for Diverting Oxycodone from Nursing Home Patients
2016-01-06
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New York Newark, NY |
Nursing home (DeMay Living Center, Newark, NY) | Oxycodone and other narcotic pills | Falsified medication administration records for 14 residents while diverting the pills for personal use | not stated | Pleaded guilty June 2015; sentenced to 99 days in jail January 6, 2016 after violating plea conditions | none documented | source |
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Southern Tier LPN Pleads Guilty to Diverting Percocet from Nursing Home Patients
2015-08-12
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New York Horseheads, NY |
Nursing home (Elcor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Horseheads, NY) | Percocet (oxycodone-acetaminophen) | Falsified records indicating narcotics were administered to eight residents while diverting the pills for personal use | not stated | Pleaded guilty August 12, 2015 to falsifying business records, petit larceny, and criminal possession of a controlled substance | none documented | source |
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New Hampshire practical nurse's license suspended on emergency basis after nursing home diversion allegations
2015-03-24
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New Hampshire | County nursing homes in Westmoreland and Sullivan County, New Hampshire | not stated | not stated | Licensed practical nurse | not stated | none documented | source |
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New Hampshire Practical Nurse Given Emergency Suspension Over Nursing Home Drug Diversion Allegations
2015-03-20
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New Hampshire Westmoreland, New Hampshire |
Cheshire County Nursing Home, Westmoreland, NH (prior employer: Sullivan County Nursing Home) | Not specified in the order; described as drug diversion activity | Complaint from the facility's Director of Nursing plus information from a prior employer raised allegations of drug diversion activity | not stated | Board issued an Order of Emergency License Suspension and Notice of Hearing on March 20, 2015 | none documented | source |
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Nursing Home Nurse Sentenced for Diluting Hospice Patients' Morphine with Tap Water — Washington, 2011
2011-03-07
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Washington Snohomish, Washington |
Merry Haven Care Center, a nursing home/hospice in Snohomish, WA | Morphine sulfate | Removed morphine from prescription vials, replaced it with tap water | not stated | Sentenced to 1 year in federal prison, 3 years supervised release | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse signed out extra OxyContin, Percocet, and oxycodone not given to residents and forged a narcotic sheet
2011-01
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Alaska | Long-term care facility for residents (not named in the Alaska board summary) | OxyContin, Percocet, oxycodone | signed out extra doses not given to residents and forged another registered nurse's initials on a narcotic sheet | not stated | consent agreement with five years probation, chemical dependency treatment, random drug screening, and employment restrictions | none documented | source |
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Unlicensed resident removed narcotic patches from nursing home patient
2007-07
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Maryland Baltimore, MD |
nursing home | narcotic-eluding patches | unlawfully removed narcotic-eluding patches from a ventilator-dependent patient at a nursing home. He posed as a licensed physician and entered the nursing home's premises on several occasions before the patches were removed. | not stated | Permanent Revocation; any application for licensure, registration, or certification will not be accepted | none documented | source |
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