It ain't easy being a nurse. That is, if you're not one.
Here's the news from the Associated Press-
NORWALK, Conn. – A Connecticut woman who authorities say spent more than $2,000 to stage a dinner honoring her as "Nurse of the Year" has been charged with pretending to be a nurse at a doctor's office. Betty Lichtenstein, 56, of Norwalk was charged Thursday.
Prosecutors say Dr. Gerald Weiss believed Lichtenstein was a registered nurse, especially after she was named the Connecticut Nursing Association's "Nurse of the Year" in 2008.
According to the arrest warrant, that association does not exist.
The state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit began investigating after a patient complained about Lichtenstein.
She faces up to five years in prison if convicted of reckless endangerment and criminal impersonation charges.
Lichtenstein did not return a telephone message for comment.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
'Nurse of the Year' charged with not being a nurse
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It is not easy to be in the healthcare department..it is just not a certificate.It needs to be himan to serve others life.
The healthcare sector is the most different of all.though it has become commercial these days and also very advamced woth electronic record maintenance and all which is helping the system what is most needed is definitely the staff feeling the worth of a life here.
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