You may have read or heard of the nursing school scandal rocking the nation’s nursing profession and hospital industry. Federal officials allege in criminal charges relating to the scandal that over 7,600 nurses practicing at hospitals nationwide bought bogus credentials from several now-closed Florida nursing schools.
The nursing scandal’s allegations threaten the licenses of the allegedly involved nurses. But the allegations also threaten the licenses of nurses who legitimately earned their nursing credentials from the now-closed Florida nursing schools.
Those schools were all accredited and presumably provided substantial qualifying education to many nurses over the years. But those hard-working, long-serving nurses are now facing unfair licensing board investigations and employer actions.
The nursing scandal proves that old-school issues and accusations can come back to haunt a successful and trustworthy professional years later. Old issues can haunt a professional who was not even involved in the issues, even after the professional has had years of successful practice.
The nursing school scandal is an extreme example. What students at the six now-closed Florida schools would have thought that years later, long after they had proven themselves competent professionals, they would have to try to answer charges that their school transcripts and degrees are fraudulent?
But schools will act to revoke professional degrees based on allegations of past misconduct while at the school. And that alleged prior school misconduct could range from academic dishonesty, false admissions credentials, plagiarism, or even Title IX sexual misconduct that another graduate alleges years later.
The key in such cases is to retain and rely on skilled and experienced professional license defense representation. The old adage is that the professional who attempts to represent himself or herself has a fool for a client. Self-representation isn’t a reasonable option. A professional facing discipline needs skilled license defense representation and objective advice.
Professionals of all kinds can face disciplinary charges arising out of old, school days matters. Old matters can indeed come back to haunt a professional, even an entirely innocent professional. Disproving old matters can be an especially arduous task in the absence of records and witnesses. That’s another reason why you’d need skilled and experienced license defense help.
Don’t let your professional license fall to old issues, especially if you’ve since then fully proven yourself. If you face old issues in a license disciplinary proceeding, you need professional license defense. Retain the Lento Law Group’s premier Team for your best outcome to license disciplinary proceedings.
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