Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ICU nurse has been accused of diverting patients’ liquid fentanyl for personal use (Getty Images/iStockphoto) An Oregon nurse ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) - A Kentucky mother is facing a terrifying situation after her daughter had an adverse reaction to her prescribed medication and ended up in the intensive care unit.

CMOs need their physicians to be addressing prescription overload. For patients on multiple medications, deprescribing is a key strategy to promote patient safety and care quality. The primary risk ...

A tribunal found the nurse — described as slurring her words, “wobbly” and “losing her train of thought” after using drugs mid-shift — endangered patients and made errors while caring for them. The ...

Patients are rarely informed when medication errors are made in hospitals, according to a study in Critical Care Medicine. Researchers studied hospital intensive care unit and non-ICU medication ...

A tribunal has slammed the “egregious” conduct of a Victorian ICU nurse who twice drugged herself mid-shift with stolen patient medication, but stopped short of cancelling her registration. A tribunal ...