Illinois Nurse Federally Indicted for Diluting Nursing Home Patient’s Morphine

Illinois Nurse Federally Indicted for Diluting Nursing Home Patient’s Morphine

Illinois Nurse Federally Indicted for Diluting Nursing Home Patient’s Morphine In a gross act of nursing home malpractice, a registered nurse allegedly took an Illinois nursing home patient’s morphine and attempted to conceal this act by swapping the prescribed...
Residents Placed in Harm’s Way by Pennsylvania Nursing Home Staff Shortage

Residents Placed in Harm’s Way by Pennsylvania Nursing Home Staff Shortage

Pennsylvania Nursing Home Staff Shortage Places Residents in Harm’s Way: Over 250 doses of medication for 14 residents were missed at the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Cumberland County, thanks to the Pennsylvania nursing home staff shortage that...
White House Pledges New Efforts against Unnecessary Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Home Dementia Patients

White House Pledges New Efforts against Unnecessary Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Home Dementia Patients

White House against Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Home Dementia Patients: The use of antipsychotic drugs in elderly patients not diagnosed with schizophrenia falls into the category of nursing home medication errors, a common but lesser known aspect of nursing...