{"id":2090175,"date":"2023-11-04T15:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T19:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-nurse-accused-of-at-least-17-deaths-of-patient-insulin-overdoses\/"},"modified":"2023-11-04T15:05:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T19:05:19","slug":"pennsylvania-nurse-accused-of-at-least-17-deaths-of-patient-insulin-overdoses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-nurse-accused-of-at-least-17-deaths-of-patient-insulin-overdoses\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania nurse suspected of causing 17 patient deaths with insulin overdoses."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpennsylvania-nurse-accused-of-at-least-17-deaths-of-patient-insulin-overdoses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2090175&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">B| (Photo Illustration\u2062 by \u2063Spencer Platt\/Getty Images) F| Butler \u200bCounty \u200cjail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>12:01 PM \u2013 Saturday, November \u200d4, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>A Pennsylvania nurse has \u2064been\u200d accused of administering lethal or potentially lethal doses\u2063 of insulin to \u2063multiple patients, causing at least 17 deaths. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On \u2062Thursday, \u206441-year-old Heather Pressdee was\u200d arraigned on two new\u200b homicide charges after she had been \u200caccused\u2063 in May of killing \u200dat least \u2062two nursing\u2064 home patients \u2062and injuring a third.<\/p>\n<p>Pressdee proceeded to reportedly later confess to the attempted murder of 19\u2064 patients.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heather Pressdee (41) is a former Pennsylvania nurse that purposely gave her patients insulin in order to kill them. Two of them\u2064 died in \u200dDecember \u200bof 2022. After she was\u2064 arraigned on two counts of homicide, she confessed to trying to kill \u206419 patients. \ud83d\ude33 \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZntAhdqiGf\">pic.twitter.com\/ZntAhdqiGf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rose (@901Lulu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/901Lulu\/status\/1720452160142331920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November\u2063 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Pressdee\u2019s defense attorney, James DePasquale, said the\u2064 fresh accusations were not unexpected and \u200cthat they are attempting to avoid\u200b the death\u200b penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent allegations accuse \u200dmistreatment of \u200b19 \u200cmore patients at five different care facilities since 2020. <\/p>\n<p>She was charged with 17 counts of attempted murder and 19 counts of\u2062 abuse of a care-dependent person, in addition to\u2064 two counts \u200dof first-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>Pressdee, a resident of Natrona Heights,\u200c Pennsylvania, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-nurse-accused-of-at-least-17-deaths-of-patient-insulin-overdoses\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania nurse suspected of causing 17 patient deaths with insulin overdoses.\">allegedly administered excessive\u2063 doses<\/a> of insulin to patients, some of whom were diabetic and others\u2063 who were not. <\/p>\n<p>According to state Attorney General Michelle Henry, Pressdee often provided\u2063 the insulin during nocturnal shifts when personnel was \u200bminimal and the situations \u2064did not necessitate \u200bemergency hospitalization.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe allegations against Ms. Pressdee are disturbing,\u201d Henry said in a statement. \u201cIt is hard to\u2062 comprehend how \u2063a nurse, trusted to care for her patients, could choose \u200bto\u200b deliberately \u2062and systematically harm them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>17 of her patients, ranging in \u2064age from 43 to 104, have died, \u200daccording\u200d to Henry. Not long after the initial allegations were filed, her \u2062nursing \u200dlicense was suspended. <\/p>\n<p>Pressdee worked as\u200d a registered nurse at five different facilities, including Concordia at Rebecca Residence, Belair Healthcare and\u200b Rehabilitation (Guardian Elder Care), \u2064Quality \u2064Life Services Chicora, Premier \u2062Armstrong \u200dRehabilitation and Nursing Center, and\u200c Sunnyview \u200cRehabilitation and \u200dNursing Center.<\/p>\n<p>According \u200cto\u200c court documents, between April 2022 and May \u200dof this year, Pressdee\u200b wrote her \u2062mother\u200c numerous texts in which she\u200c expressed her dissatisfaction \u200dwith various patients and\u200c colleagues and talked about potentially killing them. She also complained about people she met in restaurants and\u200c other public locations outside of healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Documents also stated that the former nurse had a history of\u2063 being \u200b\u201cdisciplined for abusive behavior towards \u2064patients\u200d and\/or staff at each facility resulting in \u200cher \u200cresigning or being terminated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressdee is being held \u200bwithout bail at the\u200b Butler\u2063 County jail.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u2063news blasts directly \u2063to your inbox for \u2063free. 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According to state\u2062 Attorney General Michelle Henry, these actions occurred during nocturnal shifts when\u2064 personnel are usually minimal and situations do not necessitate emergency hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The allegations against Ms. Pressdee are disturbing,&#8221; said \u2062Attorney General Henry. &#8220;It is hard to comprehend how \u2064a nurse, trusted to\u2062 care for her patients, could choose to deliberately and systematically\u2064 harm\u2062 them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The impact\u200b of Pressdee&#8217;s\u2063 actions has been devastating.\u200c Seventeen patients, \u200dranging in age from 43 to 104, have lost their lives as a result of her alleged actions. In response to the initial allegations, her nursing license was promptly\u200b suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Pressdee worked as a registered nurse at five different facilities, namely Concordia at Rebecca Residence, \u2062Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation (Guardian\u200d Elder Care), Quality Life Services Chicora,\u2064 Premier Armstrong \u200dRehabilitation and Nursing Center, and Sunnyview Rehabilitation \u200cand Nursing Center.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents revealed that between April 2022 and May of this year, Pressdee sent numerous texts to her mother expressing her dissatisfaction with various patients and colleagues. She even discussed\u200d the potential of killing them. It is also noted \u200cthat she \u2062complained about people she encountered in restaurants and other public locations outside of healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it has\u2062 come to\u2062 light that Pressdee has a\u200c history of disciplinary action for abusive behavior towards patients and staff, resulting in her resignation or termination at each facility she worked at.<\/p>\n<p>Pressdee \u2063is currently being held without bail at the Butler County jail. Her defense\u200c attorney, James DePasquale, stated that the fresh \u2062accusations \u2063were not unexpected, and they are now working to \u2064avoid the death\u200d penalty.<\/p>\n<p>This case serves as a glaring reminder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>charges, bringing the total to 17 deaths. The nurse from Pennsylvania is accused of giving lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to patients. 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