Officials say a nursing home employee was neglectful when she gave a patient 20 times the amount of morphine he was prescribed, leading to his death.
According to a report filed by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), a nurse at the Minnesota Veterans Home admitted to giving a patient 100mg of morphine, as opposed to the 5mg he was prescribed, resulting in the patient’s death.
The report states that an employee asked the perpetrator to help give the patient morphine, as she was unsure what to do…