State allowed drug-stealing nurse to keep practicing
A drug-addicted nurse caught stealing medications twice is allowed to keep her license for nearly four years.
WILLIAMS BAY, Wis. - A drug-addicted nurse is caught stealing pain pills meant for patients -- first in Beloit, then in Williams Bay. Nearly four years later, we found her still working (and still fully licensed) at a nursing home in Janesville. Now, the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) is proposing changes because of what the FOX6 Investigators uncovered.
For nearly a year, health care workers across the state have been greeted at work by signs that remind them they are the heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. They risk their lives to treat patients infected with a potentially deadly virus. But like those in any line of work, nurses sometimes battle another demon -- substance abuse -- and that can put patients at risk.