Bought their BSN?!?!?!

[HyperTension]

Alrighty... We have a new nurse in our ICU/CCU that over the past month has been leading up to telling us that she "bought / achieved" her BSN in 1 month. She readily admits to having her ADN for "over 7 years", and that she really didn't want to "waste the time in a traditional BSN program".

I have to admit, I'm a bit irritated by that for several reasons, with the first one being that I am 1 year into a BSN completion course, and even though I'm not getting as much as I would like out of it, it's the process that one has to take to advance / mature their role as an RN. Second of all, stop the retarded bragging. Third.. well, why the HECK didn't HR find out / figure out that her BSN was bogus? The individual stated that "it's impossible to find out, I got my degree from a school that was closed, and I have transcripts / recommendations to back it up".

What the heck (would love to insert a stronger word at this point)??

Do I have any avenue to report her / deflate this pompous fool for the fake she is?

[HyperTension]

Sigh, after a bit of research, there are sites that do this, and will target recently closed NLN Nursing programs. You can "buy" your GPA, letters of reference, heck, how much do you want to spend?

WTH?

Anybody here familiar with the HR verification process that could guide this?

[donsterRN, ASN, BSN]

I hate to say it, but there are some people so ignorant out there that they don't even realize what it takes to get a 4-year degree.

I used to work with a guy (that was already working at a place that I was managing years ago), and these employees were getting paid about $8.00 an hour all day, every day.

He kept bragging on how he had a PhD but 'didn't need the money', and was just working there for fun. I casually asked him one day (and I was testing him) what he did for his dissertation...and he didn't even KNOW what a dissertation was.

I also asked him what kind of score he got on his GRE's and he said, "Oh, I got a 3000". (which is impossible)

I went back and pulled up his file...when he was hired, he just put down he had a GED.

Some people!

GED...PhD...

Po-tay-to... po-tah-to

[suni, BSN, RN]

i know a few years ago there was a website whre you could go on and print an official looking college diploma and just put in whatever you wanted. There was an article in one of the magazines about it and how people were doing this for other degrees but I had not heard of anyone faking a BSN.

[elkpark]

Sigh, after a bit of research, there are sites that do this, and will target recently closed NLN Nursing programs. You can "buy" your GPA, letters of reference, heck, how much do you want to spend?

WTH?

Anybody here familiar with the HR verification process that could guide this?

I figured your acquaintance was probably talking about some kind of "diploma mill" scam -- Lord knows, there are plenty of them out there ...

[RNDreamer]

A college here in NYC was recently in the paper. Students, teachers and administrators were accused of tampering with the college's computer system to change grades and create fake degrees for money, including PA degrees. Scary!

According to the news "The 10 defendants created or altered records for at least 50 people ......charging fees of $3,000 to $25,000 for better or deleted grades and for bachelor's and master's degrees"

[dreamon]

It is very possible to buy a degree. My best friend has done that very thing. She paid a whole bunch of money to some 'institution' and they sent her a Bachelor's Degree. She didn't bother to display it in her office though....I wonder why lol.

She is not a nurse BTW.

[JENNLEE]

i personally think that all of that is bogus. i don't know though. i don't see why anyone would brag about it. i feel as though she is searching/seeking for attention. and that is what she is getting from all of this. attention. attention from you and now everyone here on allnurses! just ignore her, blow it off.

her story just doesn't resonate as something being true.