Charged with drug theft, nurse loses License of Nebraska and keeps license of Iowa • Iowa Capital Dispatch

The nurse who has lost a license in Nebraska and was accused of theft of medicines can continue to practice in Iowa, state regulators have been rules.

In April 2024, the Iowa Nursing Council accused Christine Brammer of Klifild of assigning medicines or property, licensed to practice nurses, abolished or suspended by other powers, and unauthorized possession or use of a controlled substance.

The Council claims that, being employed as a licensed practical nurse in an indefinite care facility in May 2023, Brammer was unable to complete the necessary medicines, and that there were no drugs later. She was also accused of not taking into account the controlled substance, which was signed, but then abandoned the patient.

While working at another care facility in June 2023, Brammar documented the introduction of drugs to patients who subsequently denied their receipt, the Council says. She also states that she has signed drugs with more frequency pain than doctors ordered, and signed drugs without documenting how they used the drugs.

According to the Board, Brammer denies the accusation.

On August 30, 2023, the Nurses of Nebraska’s Nursing Council withdrew Brammer’s ability to engage in this country. Nebraska board records indicate that in 2022 it was released or lost privileges while working in two separate medical institutions, and then failed to report these issues in the Council.

Two weeks ago, the Iowa Nursing Council decided her case against Brammer, giving her a warning and informing that if she fails to continue her participation in the health care program of Iowa state health care, she may undergo further discipline. Her license to practice in Iowa remains unlimited.

The Council indicates that she was charged with 2024 only for the award of drugs and the abolition of her license in Nebrask, and does not mention the third fee recorded in a formal statement of accusation, unauthorized possession or use of a controlled substance.