Nurse’s license is revoked for financial exploitation of home-health patient

State regulators have revoked the license of a home-health nurse due to the financial exploitation of an elderly patient with dementia. Earlier this year, the Iowa Board of Nursing charged 51-year-old licensed practical nurse Danielle Renee Wilson, also known as Danielle Rainey, with committing an act that might adversely affect a patient’s welfare; committing an act that causes injury to a patient; misappropriating the property of a patient; misappropriating money from a patient; and engaging in a relationship with a former patient when there is a risk of exploitation or harm to the patient. The board alleges Wilson, who has lived in Altoona and Carlisle, worked for Angels Care Home Health and provided nursing services for an elderly woman named Patricia from December 2023 through May 2024. At the time, Patricia’s diagnoses included diabetes, chronic pain syndrome, obesity, congestive heart failure, arthritis, anxiety, atrial fibrillation and major depressive disorder.

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