Stories…

I thought I would give a few examples of nurses in similar situations to mine lest you think I am the only one. It is alarmingly common these days to hear these stories. Are there more of us or are they getting better at catching us? Probably both…

http://www.nursingcenter.com/journalarticle?Article_ID=483239

http://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2014/12/05/addicted-nurses-executive-summary/19943561/

http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-1382-5-terrifying-things-i-learned-as-drug-addicted-nurse.html

http://kfor.com/2014/06/17/nurse-arrested-for-stealing-drugs-from-hospice-patient/

And specifically in Wisconsin…

http://fox6now.com/2015/05/14/i-need-to-wean-myself-off-childrens-hospital-nurse-in-hot-water-after-stealing-prescription-painkillers/

http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/Nurse-accused-of-stealing-prescription-medication-322411301.html

http://www.nbc15.com/news/headlines/Former-UW-Hospital-nurse-accused-of-taking-morphine-263059741.html

http://www.waow.com/story/14031793/copy-wis-nurse-accused-of-stealing-drugs-in-Minnesota

Well the list goes on and on. These are just a few of the articles I found by doing a simple Google search. What does this tell us? How do we stop it? What do we do?

Next week I’ll tell you what I think about that. Have a great week.