AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE EALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION AGE Opa ee kate BOARD OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION, Petitioner, vs. Case No. 96-07280 WILLIAM J. AUSBORN, JR., Respondent. * Petitioner, AG NCY FOR HEALTH CARE. “ADMINISTRATION, hereinafter "Petitioner", files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Nursing, against WILLIAM J. Q _AUSBORN, JR. ("Respondent") and alleges: dto the following: ; rd poe a. Onor between February 10 and 11, 1996, Respondent signed out Demerol 75 mg on 6 occasions for a patient whose physician order called for Demerol 50 mg. The Réspondent did not document wastage on any of these occasions... “D. On or between February 15 and 20, 1996, Respondent signed out Demerol _ “~“iaigott 9 occasions for patient whose physician order called for Demerol 25 mg. ; ch occasion there was Demerol 25 mg available in the narcotics cabinet. On éith occasion, the signature of the waste witnessing nurse is illegible. On three --- @Géasions; there is no documentation of any kind that medication was administered to the patient. On or about March 5, 1996, Respondent signed out 2 Demerol 50 mg : on Cc. ication of the MAR or in the ampules but did not document administering the me nurses notes. 4. Onor about March 6, 1996, Respondent signed out and documented adr -r via IV, Demerol 75 mg to a patient which had been receiving Normal Saline Placebos for pain for approximately three weeks. e, On or about march 8, 1996, the narcotic count for the North hall was correct ~ © at 8:00 p.m. The next Count should have been conducted at 11:00 pm, by the ent (the outgoing nurse) and the oncoming nurse RW. RW indicated that the Respondent was just “gone from the floor really fast.” There was one less ampule of Demerol 75 mg in the North Hall narcotic cabinet. tto Chapter 893, Florida Statutes. changed addresses. - Based on n the foregoing, Respondent is subject to discipline pursuant to subsection = 464: 018 1X), Fl of conte substances 2 as set {orth in Chaps 893, for any other than legitimate "WHEREFORE, Pel itionet respectilly requests ¢ that the Board of f Nursing enter an. Order. ; imposing ¢ one or more of the falling peal Revoation or suspension of Respondent's license, imposition ofa an » administrative fine, issuance cof. a reprimand, placementof the Respondent . “on probation, costs, and/or any y other relief that the Board deems appropriate. ‘Signed this Lye day of YWVAWZn 1997. Douglas M. Cook Director By: Nancy M. Snurkow$ki Chief Attomey werner On Behalf of the Agency for have oe coves.) Health Care Administration L FC em . FI L ED ; AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION DEPUTY CLERK : ~ . CLERK ou GY Oe WU pare BG - V9 ve ; ~ Legal Trainee | (So esse Agency for Health Care Administration General Counsel's Office MQA

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