Someone calling themself Nurse when not.Help please?

[ProudofmyNursingart]

I am going to post this in the Australian section as well, but wanted opinions on this problem.

My problem is this;

I was working at this Retirement Village. I'm not anymore.

A male who is the manager of a retirement village where everyone lives indivdually in their own units.

He does NOT even hold a basic first aide certificate.

Yet he is calling himself in the workplace and out 'Head Nurse.'

Like I said this guy doesn't even have a 1st aide certificate, let alone have a degree in nursing, is breaking the rule/'law' of not calling yourself a nurse when you are not.

This guy also spends his lunchtime break at the pub!

What would you do?

If I report him, who would it be too? The Nurse's Board. Which is now a all State/Territory Practiitioner Board?

It makes my blood boil when I hear PCA's calling themselves 'nurse's' when they are NOT.

God bless the PCA's you make our jobs that much easier.

I worked so hard for so long to gain the right to call myself 'Nurse'. And here is this bloke just throwing around the title, and a major title at that, like it's nothing.

He is not only deceiving family and residents at the Village. But new residents, family, and visitors.

He is putting people in danger with calling himself this.

[caliotter3]

Well, you could report it to the Board, but don't be surprised if nothing is done. What proof do you have of your allegations? That will be the first question they ask. Is he practicing nursing? Dates, times, places, actions. Be prepared to provide this information. I don't think I would bother with this. It will definitely come to light should there be a serious problem in the future.

[eriksoln, BSN, RN]

Well, he can call himself a nurse all he wants. That, although both odd and kinda cocky, in itself is not a crime.

Now, if he practices as one, thats a whole other story. And you have to know what the laws are concerning what he can and can't do without a license.

[ProudofmyNursingart]

In Australia it is a crime with a $10,000 price tag.

[caliotter3]

To call yourself a nurse or to practice nursing without a license?

[mariposabella]

Is your font large enough? Also I wouldn't worry about it. Thats his problem.

[casi, ASN, RN]

I don't know anything about Australian laws regarding the title of nurse.

But if he's spending his lunch breaks drinking you could report to a corporate office that he's working while intoxicated.

[eriksoln, BSN, RN]

Is your font large enough? Also I wouldn't worry about it. Thats his problem.

LOL. I was thinking that. It reminds me of the clocks and remote controls with HUGE numbers on them. The one's grandparents get from grandchildren on Christmas a lot.

I think OP thinks we are all very old lol.

[ProudofmyNursingart]

These smaller fonts are too small for ME to read.

Is there a problem with that?

Please reframe from hanging **** on me. Thanks.

[ProudofmyNursingart]

To call yourself a nurse or to practice nursing without a license?

To CALL yourself a nurse.

It's even worse to practice without a license.

[ProudofmyNursingart]

Even calling yourself a nurse and representing himself as one.

[gentlegiver, ASN, LPN, RN]

These smaller fonts are too small for ME to read.

Is there a problem with that?

Please reframe from hanging **** on me. Thanks.

There is nothing wrong with your fonts. We all have to do what we can to see clearly in this computerized world. As for him calling himself a Nurse, while it is irritating to those of us who actually went thru the trouble, time & expence to actually become one, he can call himself the President, as long as he doesn't attempt to practice the skills of a Nurse. If he were to start passing meds, doing treatments etc... then I'd be calling the Nursing Board so fast the phone will catch fire!