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Iowa board suspends prison nurse accused of failing to adequately treat inmate

Summary by Iowa Capital Dispatch
(Photo illustration by Iowa Capital Dispatch; background photo by JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images)The Iowa Board of Nursing has suspended the license of a prison nurse accused of failing to properly assess a patient with critically low oxygen levels. The board alleges that Kelsey Louise Swanson of Altoona was on the staff of the Iowa Department of Corrections’ Newton Correctional Facility when the incident occurred, although the board has not discl…

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Iowa board suspends prison nurse accused of failing to adequately treat inmate

(Photo illustration by Iowa Capital Dispatch; background photo by JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images)The Iowa Board of Nursing has suspended the license of a prison nurse accused of failing to properly assess a patient with critically low oxygen levels. The board alleges that Kelsey Louise Swanson of Altoona was on the staff of the Iowa Department of Corrections’ Newton Correctional Facility when the incident occurred, although the board has not discl…

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Iowa Capital Dispatch broke the news in on Monday, January 12, 2026.
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