Daily News | Philly-area nurses say they’re victims of Florida school operators who sold fake college degrees
The Inquirer spoke to Ali and two other students who described marathon trips to Florida and back, hours of online learning in the evenings after work, hands-on clinical training, and shelling out up to $14,000 for degrees theyPrior to enrolling in 2018, Ali and the two other students said they checked to make sure that the school was approved by the Florida Board of Nursing. The school was in good standing at the time.
In 2008, she got licensed in Pennsylvania as an LPN, a health-care worker who delivers basic patient care. She qualified after 18 months of studies at Lancaster County Career & Technology Center, making theShe doesn’t know how the Florida school got her address to mail the flier. During the open house in Philadelphia, Ali said she introduced herself to the owner,
During a hearing before Delaware’s nursing board on March 8, Ali testified that she traveled to Florida “about five times,” but did most of her “clinicals through simulation,” state documents show. Delaware regulations dictate that no more than 50% of clinical training can be done this way. “This year alone, I think I’ve cried more than all my life,” Ali said. “I think about all this time that I wasted, all my efforts and my money, and people see you like you are a fraud. That’s what hurts.”
Florida criminal defense lawyer Joel DeFabio, who represents Napoleon, said his client wouldn’t have pleaded guilty to “something that wasn’t true.” The nurses at her school knew they weren’t meeting standard requirements for clinical time, he added.
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