Iowa nurse with criminal history faces her fourth round of disciplinary action

An Iowa Falls nurse who has been ordered three times to undergo training on ethics is again facing disciplinary action from the Iowa Board of Nursing.

The board alleges that at some unspecified location and time in the past, registered nurse Diane Tegtmeyer, 57, failed to assess or report the status of a patient and committed some sort of an act that might have adversely affected a patient’s welfare.

A hearing on the matter is scheduled for July 17, 2025.

Tegtmeyer has faced disciplinary charges from the board on at least three prior occasions. In 2005, Tegtmeyer, then known as Diane Teske, was charged by the board with falsifying records related to and committing some sort of an act that might have adversely affected a patient’s welfare.

The board alleged Tegtmeyer had been working at a long-term care facility from December 2004 until she was fired in October 2005 for allegedly charting that she had given medication to more than one resident but instead “put the medication in the garbage.” The board ordered Tegtmeyer to complete 30 hours of training on ethics.

In 2007, the board charged Tegtmeyer with practicing nursing without an active license and being convicted of crime related to the practice of nursing. The board alleged Tegtmeyer was fired by her employer, unnamed by the board, for taking the credit card of an associate and using it to make purchases at Walmart. She later pled guilty to a charge of credit card forgery, according to board records. The board fined Tegtmeyer $50 and ordered her to complete another 30 hours of training in ethics.

In 2012, Tegtmeyer was convicted of the criminal charge of tampering with records and later began working at Heritage Care Center in Iowa Falls.

In 2015, the Board of Nursing alleged Tegtmeyer failed to report the tampering-with-records conviction to the board and charged Tegtmeyer with knowingly making misleading or untrue representations in the practice of the profession, and knowingly made misleading or untrue representations related to her credentials or licensure status.

The board also alleged she falsified records related to her submission of a family member’s urine sample, which she sent to a lab for testing. In resolving the case, the board fined Tegtmeyer $500 and ordered her to complete an additional 30 hours of training on ethics.

Other nursing board actions

Other Iowa nurses facing sanctions from the board include:

— Ann Schwartz of Marion, a registered nurse who worked at an unspecified behavioral health hospital in the Des Moines area and allegedly knowingly made misleading or untrue representations in the practice of the profession, knowingly made misleading or untrue representations that may have involved falsified records, and failed to assess or report the status of a patient. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for June 30, 2025.

— Lorraine Anderson of Salix, a registered nurse who is charged by the board with falsification of records related to nursing and failing to assess or report the status of a patient. The available public documents give no indication as to when or where the alleged violations took place or whether a patient was harmed. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for June 24, 2025.

— Lauren Haldin of Ankeny, a registered nurse who is charged with misappropriating medications or supplies of a patient or agency, failing to safeguard or secure medications as required by law, and failing to assess or report the status of a patient.  The alleged violations took place at some unspecified time in the past while Haldin worked at a behavioral health hospital in the Des Moines area. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for July 16, 2025.

— Adella Boeding of Donnellson, a registered nurse who is charged with falsifying records related to nursing and performing nursing services beyond her authorized scope of practice. The available public documents give no indication as to when or where the alleged violations took place or whether a patient was harmed. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for July 18, 2025.

— Shana Moss of Danbury, a registered nurse who was charged by the board with misappropriating medications or supplies of a patient or agency. The board alleged that Moss was working at an unspecified nursing facility in September 2024 when she was suspected of stealing Ozempic from a resident. Cameras at the facility allegedly showed that about 9:25 p.m., on Sept. 8, 2024, Moss walked into the home’s medicine room and took the Ozempic out of the box, placed it in her pocket and kept it. The medication was not scheduled to be given to the patient at that time, the board alleged. To resolve the case, the board issued Moss a warning and ordered her to complete 30 hours of training in ethics.

— Amanda Hake of Davenport, an Iowa-licensed nurse who in 2022 pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of controlled substances — oxycodone and clonazepam — without a prescription. In response to that, in April 2024 the board suspended Hake’s license pending a substance abuse evaluation and enrollment in a chemical screening program.

In August 2024, she was pulled over by police and cited for an open container of alcohol in her car. In October 2024, she was charged with theft for allegedly operating a vehicle that had been reported as stolen. Around that time, the board alleges, she failed to make daily contact with the chemical screening program as required and also failed to submit to testing on multiple occasions.

In January 2025, the board issued an emergency order suspending Hake’s license. The board alleges that during a subsequent board hearing on the matter, Hake initially claimed she had not worked as a nurse in the fall of 2024 but later admitted she had done so, working up to four 12-hour shifts at an unspecified medical facility.

On April 25, 2025, the board revoked Hake’s license.