(Photo courtesy of the Iowa Board of Nursing)
The state of Iowa has agreed to reinstate the license of a nurse previously sanctioned for failing to make multiple home-health visits to patients.
In July 2020, the Iowa Board of Nursing charged registered nurse Temeshia Renee Bomato, then known as Temeshia Renee Jacobs, with failing to properly assess or evaluate patients’ status and committing an act that might adversely affect a patient.
The board alleged that between October 2019 and January 2020, Bomato was working for an unspecified home health care agency when she repeatedly failed to make multiple scheduled visits to patients’ homes, failed to properly document visits she did make, failed to inform her employer of the missed visits, and failed to inform physicians of scheduled nursing visits that had been ordered.
In October 2020, the board settled the matter by agreeing to let Bomato keep her license, subject to one year of probation, during which time she’d be barred from working in a home-health setting and be required to complete a total of 15 hours of educational training on ethics, professional accountability and medical documentation.
As a condition of probation, she also was required to produce for a case manager monthly reports of her work activity. According to the board, Bomato then failed to check in with her case manager or complete the required educational training.
In May 2021, she entered into a second settlement agreement with the board resulting in her license again being placed on probation for one year, during which time she was again barred from working in home health. In December 2021, Bomato agreed to voluntarily surrender her license with the understanding that she’d be barred from applying for reinstatement for one full year.
State records indicate Bomato then opened Pots & Shots, a West Des Moines cocktail bar combined with a plant store. The business was reportedly sold in early 2024, after which Bomato applied for reinstatement of her nursing license. The board recently agreed to the application, noting that she “has not had any further discipline or criminal charges.”
The agreement places her license on probation for one year, during which time she will again be required to produce monthly reports for a case manager. The agreement includes no restrictions on Bomato’s ability to work in home health.
Court records indicate Bomato, now 37, has three 2010 convictions for firth-degree theft, a 2011 conviction for fifth-degree theft, and 2013 convictions for public intoxication and operating a vehicle while under the influence.
State records indicate that in 2015 she worked for the Iowa Department of Human Services as a social work associate.