Nursing home worker who stole residents’ painkillers surrenders her license

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: February 24, 2026

Words: 1,340

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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An Iowa nursing home worker who was criminally charged with stealing residents’ painkillers has agreed to surrender her license.

According to the Iowa Board of Nursing, Tanya Lynn Jordan worked at the Crestview Specialty Care nursing home in West Branch from February 2024 through April 2024. During that time, the board has alleged, Jordan signed out patients’ opioid painkillers, including hydrocodone pills, and took them for herself instead of administering them to patients as she …

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