What Happened
The Mississippi Board of Nursing revoked a nurse's license after finding the nurse misappropriated drugs, supplies or equipment by diverting hydromorphone from an automated dispensing cabinet system at the nurse's place of employment.
The action was taken at hearings held April 5-8, 2016.
What the Record Shows
Revocation of nursing license
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: diverted hydromorphone from an automated dispensing cabinet system at the nurse's place of employment; misappropriated drugs, supplies or equipment. 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.