What Happened
A Virginia nurse who worked at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and LewisGale Hospital had a nursing license suspended after a local TV investigation and Virginia Board of Nursing action found she took pain medication meant for patients in severe pain, falsely documented that it had been given, and used the diverted opioids herself while on duty.
What the Record Shows
Took pain medication from patients reporting severe pain, falsely documented it had been administered, and used the diverted opioids herself while on duty; did not disclose a prior termination from a senior living facility to either hospital Virginia Board of Nursing suspended the nursing license, reported March 2023
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a primary licensing-board or law-enforcement record rather than a secondary aggregator, and it is recorded as reported. Board and news records are a lagging indicator - by the time a licensing authority or 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.