"Nurse" arrested for using stolen license

[NurseQT]

Nurse at Reedsburg medical center used fake RN credentials, officials say | Channel3

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

Sadly this is not all that uncommon. The Texas BON has a page dedicated to this, showing the pictures of the individuals and where they have been working. Most are cases of identity theft or forged licenses or a license that was revoked in another state but has not caught up with them here yet.

I would think online verification of a license makes this much harder to perpetrate than in days of paper licenses, but somehow it still does happen.

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

Of course the hospital would say patient care was not compromised, but I say POPPYCOCK.

They just got lucky that no harm is apparent. Like a ripple of a drop of water spreads out, any teaching or misleading information she gave may have lasting consequences.

Dang, felicia.

I was going to say the same thing. Her patients went entire shifts without a nurse! How in the world does that not compromise care??

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

every place I've worked has had a drug dosage calculation test or medication test of some sort as part of the hiring deal. One place gave it to me the day I interviewed, if I didn't get the answers correct the interview would have been cancelled! other places have had it as part of the orientation process. never have been let onto the floor without that being done. Is this hospital loosey-goosey with regulations?

Possibly, but if it was just a drug calculation test that's basic algebra. You note your givens and solve for one unknown. She wouldn't necessarily need the RN license to pass a test like that