Tennessee nurse stole and consumed her patient’s pain meds before having her license revoked

Tennessee nurse has her license revoked after stealing patient’s pain medication and getting high on the pills at work

  • Suspended nurse Misty Hoke, 41, was seen slurring her speech and acting oddly at Vantage Point Assisted Living in Ashland City, Tennessee on Sept. 19, 2018
  • She was forced to resign the same day after an investigation revealed she was stealing and getting high on one of her patient’s pain meds 
  • Five days prior, one of her female patients told other Vantage Point staffers she was in a ‘great deal of pain’ after she didn’t get her scheduled pain pill
  • The Tennessee Board of Nursing officially suspended Hoke’s license on May 23
  • She can get her license reinstated if she participates in the state’s drug counseling program and is declared fit to return to work
  • Hoke did not immediately respond to requests for comment 

A Tennessee nurse has had her license revoked for swiping her patient’s pain pills and getting high while at work.

Misty Hoke, 41, of Ashland City, Tennessee, worked as Assistant Executive Director at the local Vantage Point Assisted Living facility for the elderly until she was forced to quit on September 19, according to Tennessee Board of Nursing records recently obtained by Scoop: Nashville.

Hoke’s sudden resignation came the same day she was seen slurring her words, acting strangely and ‘displaying hyperactive behavior’, while she was at work.

After investigating, staffers found Hoke had withdrawn prescribed hydrocodone pills at 8am, 11am, and 3pm that day, but never gave them to the intended elderly female patient who had complaining about not receiving her pain medication since early the same morning.

Misty Hoke, 41, of Ashland City, Tennessee, had her license revoked for swiping her patient’s pain pills and taking them herself

Hoke's sudden resignation came the same day she was seen slurring her words, acting strangely and 'displaying hyperactive behavior,' while she was at work

Hoke’s sudden resignation came the same day she was seen slurring her words, acting strangely and ‘displaying hyperactive behavior,’ while she was at work

Hoke worked as Assistant Executive Director at the local Vantage Point Assisted Living facility for the elderly in Ashland City, Tennessee (pictured) until she was forced to resign on September 19

Hoke worked as Assistant Executive Director at the local Vantage Point Assisted Living facility for the elderly in Ashland City, Tennessee (pictured) until she was forced to resign on September 19

Five days prior, another elderly patient under Hoke’s care had reported being in a ‘great deal of pain’ to Vantage Point staffers after Hoke failed to provide scheduled pain meds, records show.

A September 19 blood drug test revealed Hoke had oxycodone and opiates in her system the day she was forced to quit.

She admitted taking a patient’s oxycodone pill that day, but said the patient had refused to take the pill. She also said she took a hydrocodone pill, but claimed one of her relatives gave it to her.

In January, Hoke sought professional help for drug counseling from the Tennessee Professional Assistance Program (TnPAP), but she failed to complete the evaluation process, according to the board of nursing report.

A September 19 blood drug test revealed Hoke had oxycodone and opiates in her system the day she was forced to quit

A September 19 blood drug test revealed Hoke had oxycodone and opiates in her system the day she was forced to quit

In January, Hoke sought professional help for drug counseling from the Tennessee Professional Assistance Program (TnPAP), but she failed to complete their evaluation process, according to the board of nursing report

In January, Hoke sought professional help for drug counseling from the Tennessee Professional Assistance Program (TnPAP), but she failed to complete their evaluation process, according to the board of nursing report

‘The Stipulations of Fact are sufficient to establish that [Hoke] … is guilty of unprofessional conduct,’ Assistant General Counsel Kaitlin R. Parham wrote in her report. ‘[Hoke’s] license to practice as a nurse in Tennessee … is hereby SUSPENDED and [her] multistate privilege to practice in any other party state is VOID.’

In her report, Parham said Hoke can get her license reinstated if she participates in the state’s drug counseling program and later is found fit to return to work, but she will remain on probation and must agree to drug monitoring for at least three years under those circumstances.

The report was signed by Hoke on May 2. She did not immediately return requests for comment via Facebook Messenger.

A man who identified himself as a Vantage Point manager over the phone Friday night also declined to comment on the matter.

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