Jacksonville nurse arrested for taking morphine from Memorial Hospital, police say

A Jacksonville nurse was arrested Wednesday after allegedly taking a number of narcotics from the hospital where she worked.

The nurse has since been terminated from that hospital, the arrest report said.

Brittany Nicole Norman, 32, of St. Johns, was arrested Wednesday for "obtaining controlled substances by fraud," according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

The director of risk management at Memorial Hospital contacted a JSO detective about an investigation of "nurse diversion," the report said.

According to the report, the director said a service line administrator received a number of complaints about Norman.

An initial audit of medications pulled by Norman was conducted by a nurse manager, officials said.

The narcotics audit revealed the following, having been taken between Aug. 15 and Sept. 1:

• Morphine 2 mg 1024(9) Morphine 2 mg 1102(9) reassess 1119(3) B.N reassess by MM
• Morphine 2 mg B.N.
• Morphine 4 mg B.N.
• Morphine 4 mg given at 1432 (9) reassess 1520(3) B.N
• Morphine 2 mg given 1719(9) reassess 1737(3) B.N
• Morphine 4 mg IV (verbal order) 1258(9) reassess 1336(3) BN
• Morphine 4 mg iv 1631(9) BN (Verbal Order)
• Morphine 4mg 1816(8) BN

The report said one of the doctors was interviewed about one of the verbal orders for morphine that Norman charted as ordered and administered.

The doctor denied giving that order, the report said.

A detective interviewed Norman Wednesday and questioned her about the incidents of questionable narcotics pulls, the report said.

He then arrested her. Norman has since been released from custody.

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