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Jail Nurse Guilty of Forging Doctor’s Order; Forged Orders Common Jail Practice
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2009
by Mark Wilson
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2009, page 40
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Medical Misconduct,
Medication,
Criminal Prosecution,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Oregon.
Jail Nurse Guilty of Forging Doctor’s Order; Forged Orders Common Jail Practice
by Mark Wilson
On August 28, 2008, a Multnomah County, Oregon jury convicted a former jail nurse of forging a drug prescription for a prisoner who died hours later.
Jody Gilbert Norman, 43, was arrested on February 19, ...
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