DES MOINES, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - An Iowa nurse accused of stealing patient medications from more than a dozen maternity patients at two Iowa hospitals has agreed to surrender her license.

Amber Herzmann, 44, who worked at hospitals in Clinton and West Des Moines, recently reached a settlement agreement on disciplinary charges brought by the Iowa Board of Nursing.

According to the board, Herzmann was working at an Iowa hospital in early 2024 when it was reported that she was stealing medications, including Oxycodone and fentanyl, from multiple patients.

Herzmann was criminally charged with nine felony counts of prohibited acts involving controlled substances and one count of tampering with records. Prosecutors, who allege she stole the medications from maternity patients at

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