What Happened
The Board of Nursing found that a registered nurse employed at a hospital in Janesville, Wisconsin, diverted fentanyl.
On or around November 7 and 8, 2021, three tampered fentanyl vials were discovered in hospital automated dispensing cabinets, and analysis showed punctured stoppers and markedly reduced fentanyl concentrations in some vials Records showed excessive fentanyl overrides, unaccounted fentanyl, and large recorded fentanyl waste; the nurse refused a drug screen and resigned when confronted The nurse later pleaded guilty in federal court to tampering with a consumer product involving injectable fentanyl, and the Board revoked the nursing license.
What the Record Shows
nursing license revoked; pleaded guilty in federal court to tampering with a consumer product involving injectable fentanyl; may not petition for reinstatement earlier than one year; ordered to pay costs
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a primary source rather than a federal enforcement release, and it is recorded as reported: tampered with fentanyl vials in hospital automated dispensing cabinets, had excessive fentanyl overrides, unaccounted fentanyl, and recorded wasting large amounts of fentanyl; refused a reasonable suspicion drug screen and resigned. 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.