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Article: Fla. AG to nursing students: School's out forever.(bogus nursing schools)(Chicago White Sox charity contributions)(fire truck dedicated as monument for hospital accident)
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- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- October 24, 2005
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Amid a continuing national nursing shortage, it may seem odd for a state to seek to shut down a nursing school, but that's what happened in Florida last week.
The attorney general's office sued an Oakland Park business for "running a bogus nursing school.'' As early as May 2002, the Eval Nursing Aid Training Center began advertising for students on Haitian-language radio stations and with fliers that urged, "Start your medical career today,'' says the complaint. At least seven students signed on, paying up to $5,000 for a one-year course, plus as much as $1,000 for books and uniforms.
Evales Cena, the school's owner promised-but never delivered-diplomas ...