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Patient stands up to nurse and wants their drugs back

My first thought was good for that patient. There is an article about a LPN in a nursing home that has been charged with stealing medication from the nursing home residents. What is so great about this story is how she got caught. While stealing medication from one resident, she started stealing from another. This [...]

LPN accused of stealing patients’ Percocet in nursing home

Jeremy Wunsch2021-01-26T16:45:13-06:00May 18th, 2015|Categories: Drug Diversion|Tags: ADC, automated dispensing cabinet, controlled substances, diverter, Drug Diversion, nursing home, Percocet, Rx Diversion|

Another day, another drug diversion. Yet this time, the nurse intentionally tried to cover her trail. According to a report, a nurse that worked in a nursing home in New York was stealing prescriptions pain medications, including Percocet. Not only did she know this was wrong to be diverting drugs from the patients' at the [...]