Expired License Nurse

[lil'India]

Hey all fellow nurses,

What would you do if you knew someone (who is supposed to be a close friend), say they are working as a nurse right now, but both their state BON site and the NURSYS site show their license as expired 6 years ago for failure to renew? Said person stated the BON has yet to "update" their status and they received their paper license in the mail. I don't think the BON would do that, right?

Just asking because after all the hard work I, myself, and all of us nurses do with our education and working that someone should lie.

[lil'India]

4 hours ago, Sour Lemon said:

It seems like your "close" friend may not be as close as you believe. Not only because of the stories she's telling you, but because of your discussion about her on a public forum.

I've never had an employer who didn't verify my license, especially for three terms of renewal. Something just doesn't add up. My first suspicion would be that she's not actually working as a nurse, but doesn't want to talk about why.

As an unrelated (most likely) side note, I do have an expired license in one state and an active license in another.

Well being on a public forum I never mention said nurses name nor gender. Bu their reason to not tell me contradicts their constant discussions of work with me and their role. Said person is an expired LPN claiming role of an RN supervisor. I am an RN. And trust me I have had plenty of time to realize the level of my friendship I have with said person and it wouldn't be a loss to me.

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

7 hours ago, FacultyRN said:

I believe nurses have a duty to report if we suspect someone is practicing without a valid license, which is fraudulent and criminal. You've done your due diligence by checking the state BON and NURSYS pages to verify your suspicion.

Six years is 3 license renewals; I seriously doubt the state BON and NURSYS have somehow forgotten to update this nurse's information 3 cycles in a row.

I think contacting the BON is the right thing to do, but you must know your "close friend" may no longer be a friend.

Don't tell your friend that you are notifying the BON.

Do it anonymously.

8 hours ago, chare said:

In my opinion you need to let this go.

Why let it go?

Why not protect the public by reporting that someone is possibly impersonating a nurse?

[Kooky Korky, BSN, RN]

48 minutes ago, lil'India said:

I checked the site because I knew for a fact she was expired. We were both lpn's years ago and went to school together. SO when I decided to go for my RN 10 yrs ago I figured we could have done that together. She couldn't because she was expired. So few now to her lying stating she is a nurse and working and making up fake titles. She is working and going around falsifying being nurse. That is illegal to do. And so I checked. And it is our duty to report.

So why don't you report her?

She couldn't do what because she was expired? Go to RN school?

So few now to her... Uh, what?