Andrea Raffield (inset) was convicted on drug charges after police alleged she used her position as a nurse at the Westbrook Acres nursing home in Gladbrook to divert resident painkillers to her own use. (Inset photo courtesy Iowa District Court; facility photo via Google Earth)
An Iowa nurse who allegedly admitted stealing painkillers from nursing home residents has agreed to surrender her license.
The Iowa Board of Nursing alleges Andrea Raffield, 42, of Reinbeck admitted that on several occasions she removed controlled substances from the supply of a nursing home and misappropriated the drugs for her personal use…