What Happened
Former nurse at Crestmont North Nursing Facility in Lakewood pleaded guilty January 14, 2020 to theft and drug possession for taking morphine and hydromorphone from a medication cart in March 2019 and diluting the liquid with water; sentencing was continued.
Reported status: Pleaded guilty; conviction date 2020-01-14; convicted (2020); sentence not reported in the source.
About This Entry
This entry reports only what the linked source states. Fields the source does not state (for example the employer type, drug schedule or a sentence) are left out rather than inferred, so it is shorter than the registry's fully analysed cases.
Related Guidance
- Hospital Diversion Prevention Checklist — Self-assessment covering the controls that detect and deter diversion.
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and recordkeeping indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to run an internal diversion investigation.
- Employee Screening & Fitness for Duty — Screening and vetting for staff with controlled substance access.