In a Specification of Charges dated June 23, 2022, the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation alleged that a registered nurse attempted to divert medications from the facility where she worked. The charges state that before removing the medications from the facility, she changed her mind and left them in the top drawer of the medication cart.
The excerpt does not spell out how the facility identified the attempt. It records that her employment was terminated as a result, and the State charged her under the statute covering diverting or attempting to divert drugs, as well as with failing to exercise independent professional judgment.
The nurse and the State signed a stipulation in September 2022, and the Board of Nursing entered the Stipulation and Final Order on February 27, 2023. The order conditions her license from that date and includes specific requirements should she attend a nursing program with a clinical portion.
The order notes that a future board should consider her complete history as a registered nurse and respond appropriately, and it is a final administrative determination subject to appeal.