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9/28/25
Thirteen months after a West Liberty nurse was criminally charged with stealing medication from a nursing home resident, the Iowa Board of Nursing has issued an “emergency order” suspending her license.
Court records indicate licensed practical nurse Tanya Lynn Jordan was charged in July 2024 with tampering with records and felony theft of the narcotic hydrocodone.
Prosecutors alleged the 46-year-old Jordan was working as a nurse at Crestview Specialty Care in West Branch when, on multiple occasions, she charted that she had given a resident hydrocodone, but instead kept the drugs for her own use.
In January 2025, Jordan agreed to a plea deal that in April 2025 resulted in a dismissal of the theft charge and a conviction on the misdemeanor tampering-with-records charge. She was sentenced to two years of probation.
Five months later, on Sept. 10th of this year, the Iowa Board of Nursing imposed an emergency adjudicative order in the case. Citing the need to prevent or avoid “immediate danger to the public health, safety, or welfare,” the board immediately suspended Jordan’s license to practice nursing in Iowa.
At the same time, the board formally charged Jordan with misappropriating medications of a patient or clinic, falsifying records related to the practice of nursing, committing an act that might adversely affect the welfare of a patient, and being convicted of an offense that directly relates to the practice of nursing.
A disciplinary hearing on the board charges is scheduled for Oct. 10th.
The full story from Iowa Capital Dispatch can be found here.