Pharmacists play a pivotal role working alongside the DEA and OIG in enforcing and preventing drug diversion nationally. When...
Tag Archive for: Nurse Diversion
A Tennessee nurse practitioner known locally as the “Rock Doc” was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for...
NY: Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 70 Months for Unlawful Drug Distribution
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesDanielle Simonson, age 52, of Fort Ann, New York, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for distributing...
OR: Nurse could face dozens of lawsuits for switching fentanyl drips with tap water
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe first such lawsuit seeks $11.5 million on behalf of a patient who died due to bacterial infection from...
A former nurse pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to adulteration of fentanyl at a local hospital....
FL: New Port Richey nurse sentenced for illegally giving out prescriptions
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA New Port Richey nurse was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for issuing illegal prescriptions after knowing...
FL: Nurse Sentenced To Federal Prison For Illegal Prescription Scheme
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesU.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Debora Ryder (56, New Port Richey) to three years in federal...
FL: A Miami nurse collapsed in a restroom with a surgical drug IV in a leg. That’s not all
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe mystery of missing surgical drugs at HCA Florida Mercy Hospital ended in the right leg of a registered...
MN: Minnesota nurse pleads guilty to stealing opioid pain medications at hospice clinic
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA registered nurse has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of prescription pain pills while working at a hospice clinic...
TX: Bond increased for ex-Houston Methodist nurse accused of stealing drugs and replacing them with saline
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertProsecutors said the hospital found out Alexis McNeilly was stealing medications by overriding the automatic medical dispenser system, which...