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Yes. It was a poor choice, not a mistake. She didn't mention it's a mistake. She's already under investigation. She take full responsibility for her actions and willing to comply with any corrective steps necessary to address this matter professionally and ethically.

Thank you for the advice. She already did self-reporting as her employer (Nursing Agency) told her to do so. She received a letter from BON investigator that she's under investigation because of diversion of non-controlled medication the same day that she submitted a self-report.

Nurse Beth, does she need to fo self-reporting and just take the responsibility?

We couldn't find any similar cases like hers in her State. All are drug diversions of controlled/substance abuse drugs that undergone Probation with monitoring.

What kind of repercussions do you think? What kind of repercussions do you think?

Thank you for this positive reply Sharron though we are still not sure what will the Board decide. At least it made my friend calm which she needs right now especially since she's about to pop out. We are trying to stay positive despite of this and whatever BON will do to her.

Thank you all for the insights. Do you think she will lose her license because of this? Or what are the possible repercussions?

Just now she finished talking with her Agency and they confirmed that her previous facility reported her to BON. So it's already under investigation though my friend hasn't received any notification from BON. What they recommended is to do also self-report to BON to kinda speed up the process. Not sure if she needs to talk with the lawyer first before self-reporting to BON.

Does she need to do a self-report to the BON?

Yes, she pulled it, but decided not to and just decided to drink ginger ale. She just went home unintentionally brought the Zofran, maybe because of exhaustion. She didn't ingest it and totally forgot about it until the Pharmacy team investigated her after a month of the incident.

This is what happened. I have a friend who is employed by a Travel Nursing Agency and got terminated from the assignment facility. She was called for investigation by the Pharmacy team because of drug diversion after a month of the incident. She's working the night shift, exhausted, and nauseated at that time because of workload and 3rd night shift in a row, so she pulled out 1 blister pack (10 tabs) of Zofran from Omnicel without thinking what would happen. Though she didn't use and ingested it, she just drank ginger ale instead and felt mild relief. She brought the unused and non-tampered Zofran back home and totally forgot about it. The pharmacy team investigated her after a month because they saw her on CCTV. They said they are required to report the incident to the BON. She confessed to everything, told them what happened, didn't deny the incident, and what led her to do that without thinking. The pharmacy team even praised her for her honesty. The nurse Manager supported her and recommended keeping her in the unit. She returned to this Pharmacy team the unused, non-tampered blister pack of Zofran. They obtained urine drug tests and alcohol tests on that same day and of course, all were negative because my friend hasn't done drugs or drunk alcohol in her entire life. Right now, she doesn't have a job and her employer is supportive and told her that she needs to complete a clinical remediation. After, they will search and help her to relocate to find a new assignment, though they are already working on finding a new facility for her. We asked if her previous facility reported her to BON, but they said they didn't have any idea and would notify my friend if they got any updates. I'm really worried about her because she's not eating well and crying all the time because of that insident.