A Delaware County nurse convicted of dependent adult abuse in the care of a patient has agreed to surrender her license.
Iowa Capital Dispatch reports that the Iowa Board of Nursing recently accepted the voluntary surrender of the license of Julie Porter, a licensed practical nurse from Manchester.
The board alleges that while working an overnight shift at an unspecified medical facility in August 2023, Porter documented completing an assessment of a patient. When confronted with video footage showing she was at the nurses’ station at the time she reported performing the assessment, Porter allegedly admitted she did not perform the work.
Court records show the incident in question occurred while Porter was working at the Good Neighbor Home in Delaware County. She was criminally charged with, and later convicted of, dependent adult abuse and tampering with records.
Prosecutors alleged Porter had failed to check on a resident whose condition had deteriorated and that she had falsified records. The victim in the case later informed the court they wished to see Porter’s nursing license permanently suspended.
As a result of the criminal convictions, Porter was given a deferred judgment and placed on probation for two years.
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