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Dr. Alyssa Burgart

🚀Ship 30 - July 2023

3y ago

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The Retrievals, Episode 2: The Nurse
Alyssa Burgart

Major themes in Episode 2

Fentanyl Diversion

Fentanyl and saline are both clear and easy to swap

Show explores personal reasons contributing to opioid diversion from work

Describes how nurse was caught

Relationships

Relationship between nurse (who stole fentanyl) and patients (suffering from untreated pain)

Ask for help, get punished

When healthcare workers ask for help with substance use, they risk getting fired and losing their licenses.

Who is to blame when drug diversion leads to patient harm?

Is the nurse the only one to blame?

What about the clinic and hospital?