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According to three recently unsealed indictments returned by a South Florida federal grand jury and two informations filed by federal prosecutors, defendants engaged in a scheme to sell fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts obtained from accredited Florida-based nursing schools to individuals seeking licenses and jobs as registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPN/VNs).
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All graduates of the Nurse Anesthesiologist program at FGCU will have doctorates for the first time this year.
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Former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult for giving a patient the wrong medication. Vaught now faces a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison, and some nurses believe the case sets a worrisome precedent for the criminalization of medical mistakes.
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State health officials reported 2,883 new cases of COVID-19, Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 741,632 cases. The Florida Department of Health also reported 64 new coronavirus-related deaths, Oct. 14, increasing the statewide death toll to 15,788 fatalities.Of the 5,622,438 COVID-19 tests that have been reported in Florida so far, the overall positivity rate remains at 13.19% and the latest single-day positivity rate increased to 5.39%.
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Love Pierre smiled broadly, as he approached the doors leading to the student services wing of Lorenzo Walker Technical College in Naples.Staff members…
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It's National Nurses Week. A Gallup poll recently ranked nursing the most trusted profession for the 16th consecutive year. Yet, there aren’t enough…
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A new report from the Florida Center for Nursing finds that there are currently more than 12,000 vacancies for nurse positions in Florida and that…
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A Marion County college has filed a legal challenge over a Florida Board of Nursing decision to terminate the college's nursing-education program,...
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In the final weeks of the state legislative session Florida Lawmakers are considering a measure to limit who can be sued when a nursing home is accused of…
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An Edison State College Nursing Professor is teaching this year in Russia on a Fulbright Scholar grant. Dr. Suzanne Wells is teaching health prevention…