Through no fault of their own, many nursing home patients continue to receive medications known to potentially cause serious injury or death. Many of these situations involve claims for damage against the drug manufacturers themselves. In other cases, the prescribing physician may be partially responsible for failing to monitor the patient. MRI Danger: Gadolinium Liquid… Continue Reading
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Drug Dealing Nursing Home Worker To Serve 3 Years In Jail
Posted in Medication ErrorsThe former assistant director of nursing of a Virginia Nursing Home will serve three years in prison for the illegal distribution and sale of drugs. Linda Sloan Quick stole the drugs from the Rocky Mount Nursing Home during her tenure there. The drugs Quick stole were either expired, prescribed for a deceased patient or belonged… Continue Reading
Wanted: 20-30 year old female, 5-foot-2 to 5-foot-6, 130 to 160 lbs, brown hair and acne scars on her face
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesThe above description is of a person in Clinton, Iowa police are searching for. The woman called the Alverno Health Care Facility and tricked an employee of the facility into giving her the names of several nursing home patients with Fentanyl patches. The woman then went into the facility to visit the patients whose names… Continue Reading
Woman Poses As Nurse To Steal Medication From Nursing Home Residents
Posted in Nursing Home StaffA 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… Continue Reading