An Iowa hospital nurse accused of being drunk on the job will retain his license, a state board has ruled.
In January, the Iowa Board of Nursing charged registered nurse Jordan Robert Good of Ida Grove with practicing nursing while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, excessive use of drugs or alcohol, and engaging in behavior that is contrary to professional decorum.
The board alleges Good was working as a nurse in an Ida Grove hospital on Nov. 13, 2025, when he showed signs of alcohol intoxication. According to the board, initial tests showed Good had a blood-alcohol level of .094, which was just above the legal limit for driving.
He was then placed on administrative leave and offered help through the hospital’s Employee Assistance Program before returning to work a few weeks later in early December 2025.
According to the board, on Dec. 19, 2025, Good was tested again at the beginning of a shift at the hospital, and his blood-alcohol level was .0009 — indicating he was not impaired but had alcohol in his system. At the time, Good allegedly explained he’d consumed one beer the previous evening.
He returned to work a few days later and reported that he was also picking up additional work at a medical facility in Carroll, Iowa, the board alleges.
On Jan. 8, 2026, the Plains Area Mental Health Center completed an evaluation of Good and concluded he suffers from a substance abuse disorder, according to the board.
At a recent disciplinary hearing, Good denied any wrongdoing. To resolve the matter, Good and the Iowa Board of Nursing recently agreed to a settlement that calls for his license to be suspended until he enrolls in the Iowa Professional Health Program. In the alternative, Good can enroll in some form of monitoring and chemical screening program, but that will also result in his license being placed on probationary status for three years.
The Iowa Capital Dispatch was not able to reach Good for comment. Federal records indicate the only Medicare/Medicaid-certified hospital in Ida Grove is Horn Memorial Hospital.
Other Iowa nurses who have recently been sanctioned or licensed by the state’s Board of Nursing include:
— Tara Sheets of Pleasantville: In January 2023, the board charged Sheets with excessive use of alcohol that could impair her ability to practice. In April 2023, the board placed Sheets’ license on probation and five months later, in September 2023, Sheets voluntarily surrendered her license.
In March 2025, Sheets applied for reinstatement of her license. Twelve weeks later, the board issued a preliminary notice indicating it intended to deny the application. Sheets then appealed that decision, which led to a hearing in January 2026.
Recently, the board agreed to reinstate Sheets’ license, subject to her enrollment in the Iowa Professional Health Program. The board noted that Sheets had completed two months of “intensive outpatient treatment” in December 2025, nine months after she applied for reinstatement of her license.
— Foster Frempong of Woodbridge, Virginia: According to the board, it issued Frempong an Iowa license to work as a registered nurse in January 2023. The board now says it did so despite the fact that Frempong never met the educational requirements for licensure as a registered nurse, although Azure College of Florida represented that he did. Federal authorities later charged Azure College officials with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, alleging the sale of thousands of fake diplomas and transcripts.
The Iowa Board of Nursing recently charged Frempong with deviating from the standards of education ordinarily possessed by other licenses. In response, Frempong agreed to surrender his license.
— Sabrina Tyer-Mbaye of Lincoln, Nebraska: According to the board, the state of Nebraska issued Tyer-Mbaye a multistate license in January 2024, enabling her to work at a Glenwood, Iowa, nursing facility. On June 9, 2024, while working in the Glenwood facility, she allegedly administered the wrong medication to a patient who then became ill and began vomiting. The patient later tested positive for the drug Depakote, a drug used to treat seizure disorders which had not been prescribed for that patient, according to the board. The next day, Tyler-Mbaye allegedly closed the door to a patient’s room and attempted to force the patient to take medication they had been refusing.
The Iowa board charged Tyer-Mbaye with committing act that might adversely affect a patient’s welfare, committing an act that causes injury to a patient, and engaging in behavior that’s contrary to professional decorum. Recently, Tyer-Mbaye agreed to surrender her license, although national records indicate she remains licensed in Georgia.
