Someone signing "RN" when they are not

[SweettartRN]

I had a friend call today who works at an Assisted Living Center here in town and her supervisor is not a nurse.

The supervisor today signed a doctor's order as John Smith, RN and she does not and has never had a nursing license.

We live in Michigan, and I wondering who she can report this to?

This woman has been investigated before and covered her tracks, but the employee today watched her sign it, made a copy and wants to report her to the State. Where can she report this to so that the correct person investigates the information?

Thanks in advance!

[rngolfer53]

You'd think the dr would know who is the non-nursing supervisor at the facility.

A bit of an optimist, are you?

[stiltarget]

She's in BIG trouble!

love the koolaid smile..LMAO:yeah:

[twentytenRN]

Agreed. She needs to be reported to the licensing bureau in your state. Pronto.

[emsboss]

Just hang her...

[diane227, LPN, RN]

She should report this to the board of nursing. In every state it is against the law to represent yourself as a registered nurse if you are not licensed as such, just as it is if you represent yourself as a physician and you are not.

[cherrybreeze, ADN, RN]

You'd think the dr would know who is the non-nursing supervisor at the facility.

I don't even know what to say to this.

[Larry77, RN]

I usually just save the middle man and sign RN/MD...LOL. Truthfully though do you think the BON would act on something like this and if so, what would they do?

[Emergency RN]

i had a friend call today who works at an assisted living center here in town and her supervisor is not a nurse. the supervisor today signed a doctor's order as john smith, rn and she does not and has never had a nursing license. we live in michigan, and i wondering who she can report this to? this woman has been investigated before and covered her tracks, but the employee today watched her sign it, made a copy and wants to report her to the state. where can she report this to so that the correct person investigates the information? thanks in advance!

wait, can i get a bit of clarification here; is she signing the document with her real name, and then inappropriately adding the "rn" behind it; or is she fabricating a name out of thin air? say... her real name is "susan jones," is she signing as "susan jones, rn" or is she simply making up a name (one that is not her own) out of thin air, and then appending the rn to it? the former is misrepresentation (she pretending to be an rn when she's not), while the latter is outright fraud (she's making it look like there is an rn who signed the document when there wasn't).

frankly, her antics should be reported to both the board of nursing, and to the institution's risk management officer (don't know how large your facility is). requiring a nurses' signature on a document provides a level of professional safety in the continuum of care; there are reasons why it must be an rn who signs. by sidestepping this process, the supervisor is not only committing a crime, she is actually endangering their patients.