Dodge County nurse pleads guilty to Opioid Diversion

A Dodge Country woman has pleaded guilty to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, while working as a nurse, according to a release from the U.S Attorney Office.
According to the release Jennifer Lee Garrison, 40, was employed as a post-anesthesia care nurse at a hospital.
While working there she had access to controlled and uncontrolled substances stored within an automated dispensing cabinet, according to the release.
“The ADC in Garrison’s unit stored multiple medicines, including oxycodone and oxybutynin,” the release read.
Starting in August 2022, she began diverting oxycodone pills for her own use instead of giving it to her patients, according to the release.
“By July 2023, the defendant was diverting up to six oxycodone pills per day,” the release stated.
According to the release “Garrison carried out her diversion scheme using two primary means.”
“At times, patients were prescribed two oxycodone pills. The defendant would withdraw both pills from the ADC but would give the patient only one pill,” the release read. “ The defendant would keep the other pill for her own use and falsified patient pain reports to cover up her scheme. On other occasions, Garrison would enter a transaction on the ADC for oxybutynin.”
When the drawer for oxybutynin opened, Garrison would remove an oxybutynin pill, according to the release.
“She would then cancel the transaction on the ADC, making it appear that she had simply accessed the wrong drawer by accident,” the release stated. “With the ADC still accessible, the defendant then opened a drawer for oxycodone and removed an oxycodone pill.”
According to the release Garrison kept the oxycodone pill for herself and gave the patient oxybutynin.
The case came from an investigation conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
A sentencing hearing will come at a later date.