What Happened
A staff nurse at Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, and subterfuge.
The nurse admitted to taking two 5 mg hydrocodone pills intended for a patient on June 23, 2015, keeping them for personal use, and falsely documenting in the patient file that the medication had been given. The nurse was terminated on June 27, 2015, and faces up to four years in federal prison when sentenced on October 1, 2018.
What the Record Shows
Pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, and subterfuge; terminated from employment on June 27, 2015; faces up to four years in federal prison; sentencing set for October 1, 2018.
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: Admitted to taking two 5 mg hydrocodone pills intended for a patient, keeping them for personal use, and falsely documenting in the patient file that the medication had been given to the patient.. 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.