Nurse Faces Murder Charges After Patient Dies From Morphine Overdose At A Britthaven Facility
Perhaps someone should have advised Angela Almore, a nurse at Britthaven in Chapel Hill, NC, that physicians are the only ones capable of prescribing prescription medications for patients. Seemingly taking the practice of medicine into her own hands when she administered Morphine to patients who should not be taking it; Ms. Almore now faces one count of second-degree murder and six counts of felony-patient-abuse after the death of one patient and the hospitalization of six others she was responsible for caring for in the Alzheimer's unit at the facility. An investigation into the incident by the Nursing Home Licensure Section...
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Morphine Overdose Of Patient Initiates A Lawsuit Against Doctor & Nursing Home
Sometimes I see nursing home negligence cases where a facilities errors stem from the fact that staff fail to pay attention to an initial physician order or care plans developed by the facility for a patients care. Perhaps the order itself was ambiguous, or perhaps the writing was illegible? But what happens if a physicians order is just plain wrong? Certainly, in cases where orders are ambiguous, illegible or downright suspect, it is up to the nursing home staff to clarify the orders with a supervisor at the facility or to take it upon themselves to confirm the order with...
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Morphine Intoxication Of Nursing Home Patient Results In Significant Jury Verdict
Following a three week trial, jurors in Michigan awarded the family of a deceased nursing home patient $4.85 million. The nursing home negligence lawsuit alleged Mercy Memorial Nursing Center was negligent in administering morphine, a commonly prescribed pain medication, to a man who was admitted to the facility for physical therapy following a non-displaced hip fracture. A coroner's report concluded that the man died from 'morphine intoxication'-- essentially an overdose of the medicine. According to the lawyer representing the nursing home patient's family, the facilities poor charting was probably to blame for the man's morphine overdose. "The document stuck out...
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Authorities Investigate North Carolina Nursing Home After Lab Test Determines Patient's Death Related To Morphine Overdose
Officials at the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation are looking into the nursing care provided to patients at the Britthaven of Chapel Hill nursing home after laboratory tests confirmed that the death of an Alzheimer's patient may have been related to a morphine overdose. The investigation was triggered after the blood lab results determined that an 84-year-old patient at the facility had 'toxic' levels of morphine in her body at the time of her death. Lab results revealed that the nursing home patient had morphine levels of more than 50,000 nanograms per milliliter at the time of her death. Putting...
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