One year after sex crime conviction, Iowa nurse surrenders license • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Court records show Ingraham, then 47, was criminally charged in July 2022 with enticement of a child for sexual purposes. In their report, Spirit Lake police alleged that in February 2020, Ingraham engaged in electronic communication with a person under the age of 16 “for the purpose of obtaining images and/or videos” of the child, even though he knew the child was under 16 years old .

In their report, police alleged that Ingraham did so “with the intent to commit an illegal sexual act on the minor or to sexually exploit him.”

Court records show Ingraham pleaded guilty to the charge in May 2023 and was sentenced to a five-year suspended prison sentence and a $1,025 fine. He was given a two-year suspended sentence.

Other Iowa nurses recently sanctioned by the board include:

—Sheryl Puderbaugh from Peru who was accused of failing to assess, accurately document, evaluate or report the status of a patient or client; intentional or repeated deviation from minimum standards of practice; Failure to meet standards regarding patient health records and failure to meet advanced practice nursing standards.

According to the board, Puderbaugh operates a solo practice with a focus on home births and also provides clients with pregnancy, birth and postpartum care. The board alleges that she was acting as a midwife for a 26-year-old client in February 2022 when she went into labor.

The board alleges that Puderbaugh failed to notify the hospital of the impending transfer when the patient was transferred to an acute care hospital and failed to provide care to her client en route to the hospital. The publicly available board documents do not indicate whether the client or the baby was harmed.

The panel also accuses Puderbaugh of failing to maintain the patient's prenatal health records and failing to make those records available to the panel upon request, and of failing to document a mother's vital signs during the labor process.

In a settlement agreement with the board, Puderbaugh agreed to pay a $500 civil penalty and surrender her registered nurse and registered nurse licenses. She can apply to have her driving license reinstated within one year.

—Dawn O'Neill of central Iowa, who was working in the Des Moines area at an unspecified health care facility at an unspecified time when the agency filed a complaint about its “medication discrepancies” and its process for disposing of unused medications. The panel then accused O'Neill of misusing or attempting to misuse patient medications and failing to accurately document patients' status. As part of a settlement agreement with the board, O'Neill recently agreed to continue her ongoing participation in the Iowa Nursing Assistance Program and to comply with all of the program's requirements.

— Peyton Hantelman of Armstrong, who was employed at an unspecified clinic at an unspecified time when she administered what the agency describes as “prescription aesthetic medications” to a person outside of her employment and without the approval or supervision of a licensed professional with the authority to prescribe . The board accused Hantelman of providing care that went beyond the approved scope of practice for which she was licensed. As part of a settlement agreement with the board, Hantelman was recently cautioned and ordered to complete a continuing education course related to medical errors. Hantelman runs PRO Aesthetics, a clinic that provides Botox injections and fillers in northern Iowa.