New Jersey nurse claims colleagues misused Benadryl to put patients to sleep, according to lawsuit.
A nurse in New Jersey is suing a hospital, claiming that she was taken off the schedule and eventually pushed out of her job on an adult psychiatry unit after she reported to higher-ups that some night-shift nurses were allegedly giving Benadryl to patients to make them sleep and not reporting their actions.
Moran's complaint, which was filed in Monmouth County Superior Court on Wednesday, said that"on hospital adult units, Benadryl is almost exclusively prescribed to address side effects from psychotropic medication ... such as restlessness, muscle cramping and involuntary muscle contractions." Dr. Saumya Bhutani, a resident physician in psychiatry in New York who works with ABC News' Medical Unit, looked at Moran's complaint, per ABC News' request, and said that in adult inpatient psychiatric units Benadryl is used and ordered by physicians not only for side effects of psychiatric medications but also for insomnia and agitation.
In March 2019, Moran sent the supervisor a letter, saying,"I find it surprising that I have not been asked about availability, and have no time at all scheduled, although I see other per diems do have time scheduled. I am available any evening 7-11 shift. Pat,” according to the suit.
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