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OSKALOOSA, Iowa ( Iowa Capital Dispatch ) - State licensing officials have issued a warning to an Iowa nurse for her role in the death of a nursing home resident.
The board alleges that Elaine Allison, aka Elaine McCoy, of Beacon was working as a licensed practical nurse at the Oskaloosa Care Center on Sept. 6, 2025, when there was a serious medical emergency and a resident of the home became unresponsive.
The board alleges a registered nurse asked Allison to call an ambulance and to verify the resident’s “code status” to determine whether lifesaving measures should be taken. Allison forgot to call the ambulance, according to the board, and also incorrectly identified the resident as “no code,” meaning no cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other lifesaving measures should be taken.
As a result, the board alleges, no CPR was performed and the man was subsequently pronounced dead. A later review of the resident’s file indicated the man was a “full code” patient who had asked for lifesaving measures to be taken.
After charging Allison with committing an act that might adversely affect a patient’s welfare, the board recently agre...