Posted on 05/12/2023 9:47:07 PM PDT by Libloather
In late January, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced it had charged 25 individuals allegedly involved in a fraud scheme to issue fake nursing diplomas in Florida, with an estimated 7,600 such qualifications being handed out.
At the time, it was unclear how many of the students caught up in the scheme were aware of the fraud or were, as Omar Perez Aybar, a Department of Health and Human Service agent, described "willing but unqualified individuals."
Now, two of those "willing but unqualified" nurses have told of the adversity they have faced, losing jobs and livelihoods, and the legal challenge several are planning in the hope they can have their diplomas recognized.
The two nurses, one of whom is involved in the potential litigation, spoke to Newsweek on condition of anonymity, over concerns about the legal sensitivities of the case and their names being linked to the schools, which were closed by investigators because of their alleged involvement in the wire-fraud scheme.
"It's like you can't even mention what school you went to now, just in fear of being blacklisted or outcast," David, not his real name, said. "Everyone thinks everyone that went to these schools paid for their degree, which is not true."
According to the DoJ, three schools- Siena College of Health, Palm Beach School of Nursing and the Sacred Heart International Institute- in south Florida created "false and fraudulent" diplomas and transcripts that nursing students could then purchase.
It said "the aspiring nurses never completed the necessary courses and clinicals" to be qualified- a claim Jamaal R. Jones, a health lawyer in Miami, intends to contest on behalf of his clients.
The diplomas obtained from the schools allowed students to go on to sit nursing board exams and obtain licenses as registered nurses in several U.S. states.
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Good one. Trust is so important.
“allowed students to go on to sit nursing board exams and obtain licenses”
So they passed the boards. They can’t exactly be ignorant slouches.
I used to live in California. The Vietnamese people took over the manicure shops all throughout the state and now throughout the nation. I hired Dave Vietnamese girl, who told me that girls manicurists sit for the boards, but they’re allowed to have an interpreter with them who gives them the answers. So they don’t really know what or why they’re doing. They’re just copy their friends. Must be a lot of money in it.
I have a niece who married a guy named Mohammed, who was from Gambia. She met other Gambians at work and they introduced her to this guy who needed green card etc. All the Gambians are nurses in the Pacific Northwest anyway. These people are immigrating here to be nurses. Did they take a legitimate test or take a test legitimately? Most likely not.
allowed to have an interpreter with them who gives them the answers. So they don’t really know what or why they’re doing. They’re just copy their friends. Must be a lot of money in it.
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In New York, Frank Costanza interprets for the Korean manicurists.
This is scary
Agreed.
Nurses must pass yearly proficiency tests
in order to maintain their employment.
I’ve a good friend who’s a nurse. Those
tests aren’t easy to pass.
Here is more info. The crazy thing is this is not the first time this has happened (recently)
If they became nurses in their home countries, they are probably qualified for the most part. But if you flood the country with nurses, their wages would drop to minimum wage.
something similar in UK:
updated 5 May: UK Daily Mail: More than 500 nurses and midwives from Nigeria working in the UK could be struck off after warning key exam results could be ‘fraudulent or incorrect’
Exam results testing nurses’ math skills and clinical expertise are now in doubt
Read more: The £130,000 job ad tempting NHS junior drs to move to Australia
By SHAUN WOOLLER HEALTH EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL and JOHN ELY SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12050183/500-NHS-nurses-Nigeria-struck-fraudulent-incorrect-exam-results.html
Years go I witnessed a foreigner taking his CDL test at the Arizona Department of Transportation. He had an interpreter with him who was possibly giving him the answers (who would know?)
It said "the aspiring nurses never completed the necessary courses and clinicals" to be qualified- a claim Jamaal R. Jones, a health lawyer in Miami, intends to contest on behalf of his clients.
And they have the nerve to whine about ruined careers after they knowingly deliberately cheated to get their jobs?
They should be thrown inn jail.
I wouldn’t be so sure of that. The actual passing score for the exam is zero (it’s essentially pass/fail), and, for example, over 96% of test takers in NH pass:
https://www.kaptest.com/study/nclex/nclex-pass-rates-what-you-need-to-know/
“”But if you flood the country with nurses, their wages would drop to minimum wage.””
When my sister was in nursing school, she learned very quickly that they only allow a certain few to enter each year, thereby limiting the total number of nurses each year. If they just expanded the classes, teachers, etc, many, many more nurses could graduate each year. But that would be making sense. Cannot have that.
Still have to pass the boards no matter where you went to school
Precisely
You presume there are lots of nursing educators out there. There are not
Nurses do not have to take yearly proficiency tests. That is not true. They may have to take a yearly course that instructs you on the values of the hospital, HIPAA, cultural competency BS and other things like fire and disaster training. Its super easy..
Being able to read and speak English is a requirement for a CDL
To bad no one enforces it
Nor are there a lot of places to do the required clinical rotations.
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