(Photo courtesy of the Iowa Board of Nursing)
A staff nurse at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics has been sanctioned for allegedly showing up for work twice while impaired by alcohol or drugs.
The Iowa Board of Nursing alleges that on Sept. 4 and Sept. 6 of last year, registered nurse Brycen Allen Meyer of Fairfax arrived for work at University of Iowa Health Care’s Urology Clinic while impaired by alcohol and/or “substances not prescribed” to him. The board also alleges Meyer engaged in “unwelcomed physical contact with another staff member” when he grabbed a co-worker’s wrist…