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.
The article isn't clear on this point, but it appears that these are legitimate nursing schools, but that some of the "graduates" paid for certificates they did not earn. Erle Stanley Gardner never finished a semester of law school, but passed the bar in California, and successfully litigated cases, after working as a clerk in a law firm. There may have been cases where someone working in a hospital (without treating patients) could study exam cram books (I'm pretty sure I could pass the bar exam that way) and be admitted to practice.
Teaching degrees are known to be worthless for indicating pedological skill. Teachers who know the material are more effective than those who do not, a masters degree in education has no measurable effect.
comfortable incarceration.