Nurses share lessons for preventing drug diversion

Nurse anesthetist Rodrigo Garcia, MSN, CRNA, started diverting pain medications from a hospital waste receptable when the opioids he received following ankle surgery ran out. Today he runs a service that helps health care facilities address drug diversion and speaks publicly about how he hid his addiction from colleagues and family. The article also includes ways nurses can lead efforts to address the problem. (Nurse.com story, 7/18/19)