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The state has suspended a registered nurse for stealing more than 100 prescription painkillers and other drugs from a Syracuse nursing home.
It’s the second time the state has disciplined Michelle Pat Scanlan, of Camillus, over drugs.
Scanlan admitted in a signed state Education Department consent agreement she stole 93 tablets of oxycodone, 17 fentanyl patches and three tablets of hydrocodone acetaminophen from Van Duyn nursing home while working there in 2017. She also stole nine tablets of escitalopram, an anti-depressant.
Scanlan was previously charged with professional misconduct for mishandling prescription painkillers in 2015 while working at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.
State records show Scanlan withdrew oxycodone for five Upstate patients, but never documented the patients got the drugs. Scanlan was still on probation for that incident when she stole the drugs from Van Duyn.
In the consent agreement, Scanlan admitted she practiced with moral unfitness and violated probation.
The state suspended her nursing license for at least 12 months until a doctor or other health provider certifies she is fit to return to practice. If and when the suspension is lifted, Scanlan will be put on probation for two years.
https://www.syracuse.com/health/2019/09/nurse-suspended-for-stealing-over-100-painkillers-from-syracuse-nursing-home.html