A registered nurse who had worked at Hartford Hospital entered into a consent order with the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing. According to the order as reported, the matter involved abusing and diverting opiates and abusing alcohol. A consent order is a negotiated resolution rather than a contested finding after hearing.
The article does not describe how the diversion came to light or what internal controls were involved at the hospital. The board disciplined this nurse at the same meeting at which it revoked three licenses and disciplined several other nurses, mostly for alcohol and drug issues.
The board placed the nurse's license on probation for four years. Conditions include therapy, random urine screens, employer reports to the board, coursework in ethics, a prohibition on solo practice and a one-year ban on accessing or administering controlled substances.