A Kansas nurse accused of tampering with painkillers at a Salina nursing home is expected to change her plea next week.

A docket notation lists a plea hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court for Melanie Morgan, who worked at the Holiday Resort Nursing Facility from 2009 to 2010.

Morgan was indicted in July on charges of tampering with a consumer product and adulteration of a drug.

Prosecutors allege that Morgan removed morphine from vials and replaced it with sodium chloride. The metal caps from the vials were removed to make it appear they were defective.

Authorities say Morgan was addicted to painkillers and took home syringes filled with morphine.

Morgan was fired in 2009 from Wesley Medical Center in Wichita for removing drugs from the hospital’s supply.