What Happened
A Virginia nurse who worked at Pheasant Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center in Roanoke and Central Healthcare in Lynchburg, among other area employers, had a nursing license suspended after a local TV investigation and Virginia Board of Nursing action found she diverted opioids for personal, unauthorized use across multiple healthcare employers.
What the Record Shows
Diverted opioids for personal and unauthorized consumption across multiple healthcare employers, including LewisGale, Carilion, and a home-health agency Virginia Board of Nursing suspended the nursing license, reported as 2020; source states only the year
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.