In news of the weird, an Atlanta woman has been charged with identity fraud and nursing without a license for impersonating a nurse at Peachtree Christian Hospice. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because that this the hospice that treated Bobbi Kristina Brown during the end stages of her medical condition that lead to her death.
According to the police report, Taiwo Sobamowo stole the nursing credentials of a nurse from Grady Hospital and was able to use someone else’s identity to obtain employment as a nurse. That scares the crap out of me. The CEO of the hospice said in a statement, “We had no reason to believe that she was anything other than a good nurse with proper credentials. As soon as the credentialing discrepancy was discovered by one of our employees, we immediately took action and notified the appropriate authorities.”
Even more frightening, this isn’t even the first time she has been arrested for impersonating a nurse. She did the same thing in Washington D.C. two years ago. Basically, it looks like she might have gotten some sort of a slap on the wrist and DC put out a warning in a nursing journal with her picture alerting them that she applies for nursing jobs under the identity of an actual nurse. It looks like she just moves when she is caught.
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After getting busted in Atlanta she took off to North Carolina where she was arrested. She has since been transferred to a jail in Forsyth County were she was charged with felony first-degree forgery, felony identity fraud and misdemeanor practicing nursing without a license. Her arraignment is tomorrow.
So wait, practicing nursing without a license is misdemeanor? Clearly, this woman has a history of this type of crime. And historically, nothing happens to her that in any way keeps her from doing it again.
And the scariest thing is that the only reason we are hearing about this, and I am sharing it is because it was considered a “high-profile” case according to the police in North Carolina. I don’t even know how you would guard yourself against this but clearly there needs to be some sort of system in place within nursing agencies to prevent this. When I taught in the public schools, we had to pay for a criminal background check and get fingerprinted before stepping foot into a classroom. Perhaps that is a start?
I’m the person who checks every IV bag and pill that comes into the hospital room of loved ones I care for. This just reinforces that behavior for me.
I hope this isn’t grounds for some Brown family members to press negligence charges on the institution strictly as a money grab.
Wasnt there someone trying to sell (or sold) a “deathbed” photo of Bobbi Kristina? Everyone assumed it was one of the Browns, but maybe it was this chick.
I expected to see Kim Richards’ mug as *the nurse*
I can’t believe the guts (or is it a psychosis at this point) it would take to impersonate a nurse. One nasty bedpan or bedsore and it would be obvious to everyone that I wasn’t a nurse.
I’m also very surprised that they don’t require background checks like teachers before getting their license.
I was just an education student when they passed the law requiring background checks for new teachers. No one had even set up a system to handle all those new requests and need for fingerprinting. So I went downtown to our police station, and had to wait in line with everyone else (except no cuffs like some of them) – one guy asked me what “I was brought in for”… and I answered “teaching”. Cracked all the cops up within earshot…. and confused the hell out of some of the drunk people.
Holy crap!
I do the same thing too. I also tell them to wash their hands. Hospitals are scary places. How can practicing w/o a license be a misdemeanor? Meghan, look into this for me.
Fivecats, I agree, they use those Antibacterial gels, those don’t kill MRSA, only soap and water kills it like other viruses or bacteria.
The gel certainly doesn’t kill c-diff either.
The gel just makes c-diff spores happy and spread it more. People need to wash hands with soap and water not the unsafe antibac gels. Scary shit !
Nurse Ratchet.
Qu’elle surprise, she’s Nigerian
what is that supposed to mean?
I’ve been a nurse for 8years now and every job and state license I’ve ever applied for required you to submit to q background check. California requires fingerprinting as well. Maybe this hospice just didn’t do its part. Btw, fellow Georgia peach and I love your site!
No she used the credentials of someone who did all that. What we need is fingerprint system to make sure nurses and doctors are who they say they are.
And thanks!
Very very odd. I would bet though that her motive may have been narcotics related. Especially in hospice, nurses main jobs is comfort care so they are around aplenty. I just don’t see someone faking their identify just to work as a nurse, but who knows? This world is a crazy place. I wonder how much jail time she will get..if she gets any. Ridiculous.
Shame!
Typhoid Mary: Nursing Edition.