A former registered nurse at a Detroit hospital has been sentenced for extracting painkillers from vials and syringes and filling them with a different liquid.

Officials said a former registered nurse at a Detroit hospital extracted painkillers from vials and syringes and filled them with a different liquid.

An Ypsilanti woman swapped out pain relief medication inside vials and syringes and replaced it with another liquid while working as a nurse in Detroit, officials said.