for allegedly participating in a wire fraud scene that created the shortcuts for thousands to receive bogus nursing diplomas.
Now, state licensing boards nationwide have annulled the licenses of dozens of nurses who were practicing with fake degrees.of nurses tied to the scheme, but officials say there could still be more nurses who need to be let go. “For those individuals, their RN or registered nurse license is the one that is annulled. But if they have met the licensing requirements to practice as an LPN, that LPN license is still, in most cases, active,” Otto said.local Atlanta TV station WSB-TV
“I think I feel more dismayed than surprised,” Hage said. “We work so hard as nurses to be credible and to be viewed as ethical by the patients that we care for, and then when somebody tries to game the system, or do something illegal like this, it really offends and concerns all nurses.” But Kennedy says she is not surprised that a scandal like this occurred in the health care industry because some states have“So we're hoping through this scandal that we can leverage this and can restore some of the authority that legislatures have stripped from boards of nursing throughout this country,” Kennedy said.believe nurses have very high honesty and ethical standards compared with more than a dozen other professions.
If they nurses knew then they should be arrested and of course not ever be any nurse in the future since these were not licensed schools to give degrees and hope those with these schools face serious charges.
An investigation showed undercover agents were able to purchase degrees in Florida with no medical knowledge for just $17,000. Over 7,600 aspiring nurses obtained fake degrees from three South Florida nursing schools — all of which are now closed.
Why is it unsurprising this happened in Florida? Perhaps Governor DeSantis could look into it instead of all his nonsense.
They all need prison sentences. But America was built to mass incarcerate women.
Finally attention is paid to this. Canada needs to look into this operation as well.
Yahoo I’m sure I’ve worked with some bought degree nurses imported to the uk. Any suggestion of dangerous or incompetence race or gender issues assumed
Pshh, how “they” handled the Plandemic is the🐘in the room causing the lack of trust issue.
And yet who’s surprised?