Update #2: Fake Nurse Scandal — Operation Nightingale
Fake Nursing School Update: Texas Files Charges and Releases Names, and VA Hospital Fires 89 Fake Nurses
Texas names’ names, 10 nursing schools close, and info on how to check your nurses’ credentials through Nursys
Here is the second update on the national nursing scandal and investigation called Operation Nightingale from the Texas Nursing Board, Pulse, Nurses.org, and Forbes.
As of February 22, 2023, the Texas Nursing Board has filed charges and released the names of 23 nurses. In a statement from the board:
The Board has filed Formal Charges against the following nurses for fraudulently obtaining educational credentials. The Board is authorized to file Formal Charges against a nurse if probable cause exists that the nurse has committed an act listed in Tex. Occ. Code §301.452(b) or that violates other law. See Tex. Occ. Code §301.458. Further, Formal Charges are publicly available. See Tex. Occ. Code §301.466(b). Please note that Formal Charges are not a final disciplinary action, and a nurse is permitted to work, as a nurse, while Formal Charges are pending. (Texas Nursing Board)
