![]() ![]() Reid Health referred questions for this article to law enforcement. The next day, the attorney general filed a complaint asking the state board of nursing to impose disciplinary sanctions against Hibbard's license. In August, Hibbard pleaded guilty to felony drug and theft charges, for which she received probation and a suspended sentence of 547 days in prison. Hibbard, who declined comment for this story, has entered a three-year recovery monitoring agreement with the Indiana State Nurses Assistance Program (ISNAP). Hospital records showed that she stole nearly 900 units of medication valued at about $72,000. The Richmond nurse reportedly admitted diverting and intravenously using drugs from the hospital for nearly half a year - at a rate of between one and 10 doses of pain medication a day. In addition, a strip search uncovered a blister pack containing a hydromorphone tablet, a tourniquet, a needle and two vials of hydromorphone in her underwear, according to the complaint. ![]() She also reportedly admitted that she had consumed another vial of fentanyl by squirting it into her mouth. 7 confronted Hibbard after receiving a complaint that she had pulled several doses of fentanyl and dilaudid that were never administered to patients.Īsked to empty the pockets of her scrubs, Hibbard produced seven vials containing fentanyl and hydromorphone, according to the complaint. The registered nurse, Michelle Hibbard, 43, allegedly was caught with nine vials of opioid pain medication while on duty at the hospital, which declined comment for this article.Īccording to an administrative complaint, the hospital's administrative coordinator on Jan. Click here for more on the program.RICHMOND - The Indiana attorney general's office is seeking disciplinary action against the license of a nurse who admitted diverting $72,000 worth of opioids from Reid Health hospital. If you are a nurse who needs help, or know someone who might, call ISNAP at (317) 295-9862 or (800) 638-6623. An excessive number of mistakes or decrease in job performance.Volunteering to be the medication nurse.IU Health Ball Memorial said they are constantly working to improve how they monitor situations like these. Lindquist said his hope is that more nurses consider getting help before it’s too late and ignore the stigma that comes with seeking it. “I think being in the nursing profession makes them at a higher risk just because of the high stress of nursing, the easy access to controlled substances,” he said. Lindquist said the states growing heroin epidemic plays a factor in nurses becoming addicted to drugs and stealing from the hospitals where they work. Court records show she was flagged three times for the amount of medications she took from the machine. Last month, Alisha Sue was arrested for drug possession and theft. Kadee Klafka was flagged for taking an “unusually high” amount of fentanyl from the machine. ![]() Program director Chuck Lindquist said each month 20-25 new nurses apply to join to program.Įarlier this week, an IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital nurse was arrested on charges of possession and theft for allegedly stealing drugs from the hospitals automated dispensing machine. The Indiana State Nurses Assistance Program helps Hoosier nurses dealing with drug addiction. More than 400 nurses are currently enrolled in a drug treatment program designed specifically for their profession and more than 75 are are waiting to get in to the program. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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