According to the agreed stipulated order described in the Attorney General's letter, a registered nurse working the overnight shift at an Oklahoma hospital on March 14-15, 2024 displayed erratic behavior, paranoid speech and questionable medication waste. The nurse asked a second nurse for morphine, a Schedule II controlled substance, and the second nurse watched the dose being drawn up and the remainder wasted. The nurse then charted the morphine as given to the patient.
While the nurse was on break, that patient asked for morphine and said she had not recently received any. When the nurse returned, the colleague questioned the discrepancy. After several unsuccessful attempts to explain what happened to the morphine, the nurse was asked to take a reasonable-suspicion drug test, refused, and was terminated on or about March 15, 2024.
In May 2025 the nurse and the Board entered a stipulated order that left the RN license in effect but required courses in nursing jurisprudence, critical thinking and the care, custody and control of controlled substances, twice-monthly body fluid testing for 12 months, an evaluation for Board review, a severe reprimand and a $500 administrative penalty. A September 2025 supplemental order accepted the penalty and courses even though they were received late, without suspending the license.
At a November 2025 hearing to review the evaluation, the Board proposed referring the nurse to its Peer Assistance Program with the RN license temporarily suspended until entry. If the nurse fails to enter or defaults from the program, the license would be revoked for two years, with reinstatement subject to the Board's guidelines for misappropriation or misuse of drugs or alcohol and a further $500 penalty. The Attorney General found adequate support for the proposed action.