Drug theft, or the illegal distribution or abuse of prescription drugs, in healthcare facilities such as hospitals and clinics is an ongoing issue that can lead to patient harm, according to the ...

The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...

A Registered Nurse pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony charges of tampering with drugs and two counts of illegal processing of drug documents. Barbara Dunn, 41, of Franklin was arraigned in ...

CAVALIER, N.D. — A longtime North Dakota judge said Thursday, Feb. 9, he's never had this type of extraordinary case. He was referring to the two vastly different stories in the case of a Charlotte ...

RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse who was convicted on two counts after a machine mixup inadvertently led her to fatally inject a patient, will not serve jail time, a judge decided Friday ...

“There has not been a new law passed,” Superintendent Curtis Null said. “What this is, is a new interpretation of previous law.” The district has 80 registered nurses, eight licensed vocational nurses ...

AMES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - A central Iowa nurse is facing a series of disciplinary charges related to drugs and the alleged repeated failure to practice nursing with reasonable skill. Iowa ...

A Clermont County nurse has been indicted on multiple charges following allegations of medication theft at a Batavia Township nursing home.Angela Holton, 41, was indicted on Tuesday by a Clermont ...

A nurse is accused of taking prescription painkillers and medication for anxiety and panic disorders from 13 nursing home patients in Baldwin, North Huntingdon and McCandless. Monica Blackwell, 41, of ...

'It truly has proven to be an additional layer of support to enhance patient care and outcomes,' nurse executive says. What began as an innovative way to monitor and care for COVID-19 patients at the ...

A local nurse is accused of stealing drugs while working at four nursing homes in three counties, a Dayton Daily News investigation found, raising questions about how someone could repeatedly be hired ...

From today, tens of thousands of nurses will become eligible to begin the pathway towards prescribing medicines to patients, a move designed to address critical shortages in the primary healthcare ...