Five months after the Justice Department charged 25 people for allegedly selling thousands of fake nursing degrees, nurses with annulled licenses because of the scheme told The Philadelphia Inquirer they were scammed.
Category: Nursing
Woman allegedly pretends to be nurse, attempts to discharge 2 patients
A Tennessee woman is accused of telling two emergency room patients she was a nurse and they were being discharged from the hospital, ABC affiliate WTVC reported June 27.
CNO for a day: What 8 nurses would do differently
Nurse retention and happiness are top of mind for many leaders among an increase in strikes and nurses leaving the profession.
The fight for reinstatement: Advocating for early opportunities for excluded health care professionals battling opioid use disorder
I’ll begin by saying that I have a diagnosis of opioid use disorder (OUD) secondary to PTSD. I began diverting Norco from a pharmacy with which my hospice company had a contract. At the time, I had access to various narcotics as an RN case manage…
Visa freeze spurs concerns of nurses deserting US hospital jobs
A national pause on nurse green cards has left thousands of international healthcare workers in limbo, with hospitals working diligently to stay connected with their prospective employees, NPR affiliate KCUR reported June 27.
Viewpoint: Nurse accountability leads to empowerment, high reliability
Nursing leaders may be focused on the mounting nursing challenges of the day — nurse-to-patient ratios, shortages, burnout and incidents of violence against caregivers in hospitals — but the one issue that must always be center stage is patient safety….
Massachusetts board votes to shut down nursing program
Labouré College of Healthcare, a private college in Milton, Mass., will shut down its nursing program this December, following a decision from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing, Fox affiliate WFXT reported June 20.
Arkansas nursing program snags $10M gift
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith will expand its nursing program thanks to a $10 million gift from the Windgate Foundation, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported June 26.
4 tips to help nurses land their dream position
Nurses who are considering a career move — whether due to nursing-patient-ratios, burnout or even that they’ve found that bedside nursing is not bringing them the joy it once did — have options other than leaving the profession entirely.
Kansas nurses question hospital's security measures after rape arrest
Nurses at Wichita, Kan.-based Ascension Via Christi St. Francis are raising safety concerns about the hospital’s security measures after a man was accused of entering the hospital and raping three patients, KWCH reported June 23.
