"RN" arrested for phony NCLEX scores

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This is old news, but I'm seeing it for the first time.

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/communications/office/pressreleases/2004/05.21.04ula.doc

This woman worked as a nurse tech while she was in nursing school, and although she failed the NCLEX she gave the hospital fake documents as evidence that she had passed. Of course, she got busted but she must have known that they would check her information with the state board before hiring her so I can't imagine why she thought she could pull it off. Would have been smarter for her to just re-take the NCLEX instead of getting herself into that mess. With that felony now on her record she's probably blown any chance of ever getting a nursing license.

Guess she wanted to be a nurse REAL bad! :uhoh21:

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Once upon a time ago, a student/tech actually did falsify NCLEX scores at a very large hospital. She worked as an RN for a couple of years before she was discovered. That is one reason, at least in this area why facilities want to actually see your license at hire.

They weren't always as strict as they are now. They would often take an employee's word for it.

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Seems like that would be impossible to do these days, with the online nurse license verification system.

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Somedays I feel like my VN license is a fake :o and wonder how in the heck I ended up being a nurse?

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