What Happened
A registered nurse working in a hospital emergency room repeatedly withdrew controlled substances from an automated medication administration machine and failed to document that they were administered to patients.
A drug screen showed three controlled substances in the nurse's system. The Court found the conduct violated laws governing nursing practice and upheld the Georgia Board of Nursing's sanction suspending the nurse until twelve months of continued sobriety, followed by probation.
What the Record Shows
suspended until able to demonstrate twelve months of continued sobriety and thereafter placed on probation; the Georgia Board of Nursing's proposed sanction was upheld
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a news source rather than a federal enforcement release, and it is recorded as reported: repeatedly withdrew controlled substances from an automated medication administration machine and failed to document that they were administered to patients; a drug screen showed three controlled substances in the nurse's system. Board and news records are a lagging indicator - by the time a licensing authority or a reporter learns of a diversion, the diversion was normally detected internally first, which makes each entry a signal that inventory reconciliation, waste observation or dispensing oversight failed earlier.