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Nurse Swapped Painkiller with Saltwater
The Denver Post
November 07, 2008
About 200 former surgery patients at Boulder Community Hospital have been told they may have been given saltwater instead of a painkiller, 9News reported Thursday night.
The hospital and Boulder police are investigating a nurse the hospital says was stealing the powerful drug Fentanyl. A hospital spokesman told 9News the nurse had been replacing the drug in the vial with sterile saline.
The hospital said 50 vials were pilfered between Sept. 24 and Oct. 17. The nurse was fired Oct. 24, but he has not been formally charged by police, the television station reported.
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Josh_TN
about 1 year ago
10 comments
Remember that I'm just a 1st year student, so I have lots of questions. But how in the world would someone set you up for that? I thought everything was under lock and key and had to be signed for?
bobsacat
about 1 year ago
2 comments
When I hear these types of stories I often wonder if the accused nurse is innocent. Where there is smoke theres usually fire but what if he is innocent? Maybe he was set up by someone who didn't like him. Ya never know. But if he did do this it is horrible.
emtpixie
about 1 year ago
326 comments
Geez...I sure would have hated to have been one of her patients! This is awful!
Nursejenny1310
about 1 year ago
58 comments
Ok, these bad nurses are giving us all a bad rap!
sap
about 1 year ago
2404 comments
So SICK of these stories!! Where are the "morals" of these nurses? They are making us look bad.
kstiltner1
about 1 year ago
7266 comments
That is terrible
owensrm2
about 1 year ago
104 comments
wow that is nuts!!!
mashell4
about 1 year ago
1078 comments
that's crazy!
AbusyRN2go
about 1 year ago
12114 comments
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