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So settle this with me, if someone graduated with their BSN and failed multiple attempts at the NCLEX, can they still claim BSN on credentials but not add RN to the end. Technically, they can't ever use the term "nurse" right? Asking for a "friend" who says her work allows her to have BSN on her badge. I think that is iffy. ?
Davey Do
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Thanks for the plug and wait no longer!
On topic, I've known of two situations where where employees had misrepresented themselves.
One occurred back in '86 while I worked at Weed Rover Township Hospital when a police officer requested the driver's license of a paramedic and found it to be suspended.
I was met at the time clock, the same day as this incident, by the DON who said I need to bring in my current LPN license. I said I'd be happy to bring it in the next day. She told me no, I needed to go home and get it "right now!" I asked, "Am I going to be paid for this?!"
The other occurred at Wrongway Regional Medical Center a few years ago with which a nurse my wife Belinda worked.
This particular "nurse" was outspoken, intimidating and often proclaimed herself to be "street smart". She worked as a student nurse, eventually said she had passed her NCLEX, and worked as a nurse on AMCU for two years. When license renewals came due, she was found not to have had a license!
*SHUDDER!*