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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