A nursing home licensed practical nurse faces sentencing for a medication error that she tried to cover up. Upon giving a patient an overdose of narcotics rather than cough medicine, the nurse falsified the medical records of the patient to reflect she had given the correct medication, rather than alerting administration or outside healthcare providers.
Hours later another nurse noticed symptoms in the patient requiring hospitalization. The patient was sent to the hospital for several days and nearly died. Had the nurse alerted someone immediately about the medication error, the patient would not have suffered at the same level and nearly died. For more, read the story.
