Nurse Addicted to Pain Killers Sentenced in Texas Nursing Home Abuse Case
Olivia Moore has been a nurse since 1975 - and addicted to painkillers since 1977. Moore admitted this and more to a Sheriff's Deputy in 2001.
"I have used pain medication such as Tylenol 3, Percocet and Leritine but progressed to Demerol. I have always obtained pain medication from my various nursing jobs. It has always been detected and I have always been terminated, except for Charter Hospital in Corpus Christi", she admitted. Moore also admitted that she would inject herself while on duty and then return to care for her patients while high. She attempted to cover her addiction by replacing stolen narcotics with other medications. On this, she blatantly admitted, "I also took several Hydrocodone tablets from packages and would take two at a time as needed during my shifts. I replaced the Hydrocodone with Robaxit. I had to cut some of the Robaxit down to make them fit back in the package."
Moore was finally convicted on three counts of possessing and using prescription drugs after working at Corpus Christi Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Texas. She was sentenced to ten years in prison. During her trial, prosecutors also alleged that Moore pulled on resident tubes, causing injury and death of one elderly resident, but she was not convicted of that charge.
