Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

ottersloveoysters · Oct 20, 2016

Perhaps I am naive but how are people cheating on BLS certification/renewal? I am not aware of this in the crowd I know.

doodlebuttRN · Oct 20, 2016

Huh? Please be more specific... what 'systemic cheating' are you seeing on ACLS/BLS? On CEUs? I don't understand. I absolutely do not see this, either.

meanmaryjean, DNP, RN · Oct 20, 2016

OP likes to stir an imaginary pot at times.

Sour Lemon · Oct 20, 2016

CEUs, BLS/ACLS renewals, and general state requirements you name it. Cheating, cheating, and more no shame cheating. Am I the only one who finds it disturbing and is the problem as systematic as I believe it to be?

It happens. I enrolled in a last-minute BLS renewal class once upon a time. Then, I got a call saying that the class was cancelled but the instructor would "run through" it with me if I stopped by her near-by apartment. I was over-due and desperate, so I headed over. I paid her the money and she gave me the card explaining that she was "really busy". I guess I could have refused and reported her, but I took the card I needed for work the next day and I left.

llg, PhD, RN · Oct 20, 2016

It happens. I enrolled in a last-minute BLS renewal class once upon a time. Then, I got a call saying that the class was cancelled but the instructor would "run through" it with me if I stopped by her near-by apartment. I was over-due and desperate, so I headed over. I paid her the money and she gave me the card explaining that she was "really busy". I guess I could have refused and reported her, but I took the card I needed for work the next day and I left.

So you are the one who cheated! You are complaining about your own behavior!

DesiDani · Oct 21, 2016

Where I work is now all computerized. You go into a room, log in, and take the test. I overheard one person being paid to take the test for someone else.

DesiDani · Oct 21, 2016

Imaginary pot. Like my thread saying some nurses chart things that never happened. It happens. Nurses aren't all angels

DesiDani · Oct 21, 2016

Sour lemon, may have been in the wrong,but the instructor was too. Like I said systematic.

Sour Lemon · Oct 21, 2016

So you are the one who cheated! You are complaining about your own behavior!

I'm not sure how I'm complaining about my own behavior ...I'm simply describing it and what led up to it. And although my situation was somewhat subtle and completely unexpected, I've also heard of people very directly selling CPR renewal cards.

caliotter3 · Oct 21, 2016

I've known two BLS instructors who stated they would just sign a card for people who paid for the class.

cleback · Oct 21, 2016

Wshhhh disturbing... I would definitely report anyone doing this.