Woman Poses As Nurse To Steal Medication From Nursing Home Residents
A woman accused of sneaking into Beaverton's Maryville Nursing Home has been arrested. Theresa Kim Smith is a certified nursing assistant in the Portland area and someone the police listed as “a person of interest” in a reported theft of Fentanyl pain patches. The suspect woman posed as an employee at the Maryville Nursing Home on three separate occasions, but no motive was suspected at the time. Tips from the public led police to interview Smith, and the stealing Fentanyl patches from residents could be a possible motive. Smith, who works at the Care Center East Nursing Home in Portland,...
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Preventing Medication Errors: The List
Recently, I discussed medication errors in nursing homes. Every nursing home resident I have seen is on some type of medication or vitamin supplement. The likelihood of suffering an injury due to a medication error is higher than almost any type of treatment rendered in a nursing home. How can you prevent the medication errors from occurring? Jeffery Levine, M.D., author of, Medical-Legal Aspects of Long Term Care, has put together a list for preventing medication errors and adverse drug reactions. Dr. Levine provides the necessary information for a family member to evaluate potential errors in the administration of medication....
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Medication / Pharmaceutical Errors
Medication errors are considered to be any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient. Since 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received more than 95,000 reports of medication errors. FDA reviews reports that come to MedWatch, the agency's adverse event reporting program. (Source: FDA website) The FDA relies on a voluntary reporting for incidents involving medication errors. The actual number of incidents involving errors in the misadministration of medication to be much higher. The term 'medication error' may describe situations involving: physician malpractice, inadequate facility policies and procedures, faulty charting, order miscommunication,...
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