After Florida students were accused of selling thousands of fake nursing diplomas, medical officials across the country are scrambling to stop nurses with fraudulent credentials.
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"The public needs to know that when they’re the most fragile, when they’re sick, when they’re in a hospital bed, that the individual who is at their bedside has gone through the required training," said Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, president of the American Nurses Association union. How did so many test takers pass without the required classroom and clinical work? In some cases, they were experienced L.P.N.s seeking to become R.N.s. Some had been health care providers in other countries.medical centers in Maryland and New York, a skilled nursing facility in Ohio, and an assisted living facility in New Jersey, according to court filings.
US Attorney Markenzy Lapointe speaks about a network of nursing school operators who allowed students to buy diplomas without the proper training during a press conference in Miami, Florida, on Jan. 25, 2023. The Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission rescinded the R.N. licenses of 17 people and denied license applications for four. The Delaware Board of Nursing annulled 26 licenses. The Georgia Board of Nursing asked 22 nurses to voluntarily surrender their licenses.The 23 nurses facing possible license revocations in Texas can continue working while their disciplinary cases are pending.
Attorneys for some of the nurses in New York and Georgia say nurses who legitimately earned diplomas are getting caught up in the investigation.
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