Fake nursing/CNA licenses or what?

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I was curious about how much experience some of the CNA's and nurses at my LTC had so I looked up their licenses at the state board site. I found most of them at this site. However, some of the nurses and CNA's I looked up had no information about these persons. Is this just a mistake that they are not listed or is it possible that they just have fake documents? What do you think?

I think it's your duty to report these findings to your manager and the BON as soon as possible.

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I think it's your duty to report these findings to your manager and the BON as soon as possible.

I don't understand this comment. First you tell her not to jump to conclusions (which I totally agreed with you) then now you are telling her to go to the BON. What made you change your mind?

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Specializes in Hospice / Psych / RNAC.

If you were curious about their experience, why didn't you just ask them...

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I don't understand this comment. First you tell her not to jump to conclusions (which I totally agreed with you) then now you are telling her to go to the BON. What made you change your mind?

I was being facetious in the second post.

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I was being facetious in the second post.

Thanks I thought you might have been but was not 100% sure. I thought I might have missed something that made you change your mind

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Thanks to all for your comments. Many many years ago, I had a "great RN supervisor". Sadly, it turned out that he was not a nurse at all and they got rid of him.

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Do their badges specifically say CNA? I know lots of people who work in Tech roles or "NA" roles that aren't certified in the least bit.

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In my state, you can work as a nurses aide (equivalent to a CNA, but without license) after completing your first semester in nursing school. I did for two years. The nurse with no license? No way. HAS to be a name change situation. Although your story about the "great RN supervisor" who wasn't a nurse at all!! That intrigues me..do tell how that happened!

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It could be a maiden name thing, or people could be going by their middle name or a shortened form of their name at work. For example, Elizabeth Jane could be known as Jane on her name tag. Anna could really be Anastasia.

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Any licensed person can be tracked by Social Security Number

Which if the OP wants to get really nosy, s/he could probably find by breaking into their personnel files.

Perhaps OP doesn't know their legal names. The name on someone's badge isn't necessarily their legal name. There's lots of reasons. I can see the occasional person fraudulently getting a job. But I'm guessing they usually don't all go get a job at the same place.

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I just went by the names and titles that were on the work schedule. It was the late 1980's when I was working at the state hospital. We had this great RN supervisor who went and checked all of the psych units. He was always so cheerful and so very nice. Everyone loved him. All of a sudden, one day he was gone. I asked everyone: "Where did he go?" We were all shocked when we were told that he was not a nurse and had never had a real nursing license.

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Which if the OP wants to get really nosy, s/he could probably find by breaking into their personnel files.

Perhaps OP doesn't know their legal names. The name on someone's badge isn't necessarily their legal name. There's lots of reasons. I can see the occasional person fraudulently getting a job. But I'm guessing they usually don't all go get a job at the same place.

Wooh, "Breaking into their personnel files." (?) That's a crime.

There is no need for anyone to be nosey. Each facility that hires a nurse requires that nurse to provide a Social Security Number for tax purposes, among other things.

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