Yes . . . I’m a Nurse Lic #: 844860 . . . check it out . . . Jon Haws RN!

Today on Facebook I saw an ad for a company claiming to provide NCLEX® prep for nursing students . . . I thought, “Awesome, someone we can reach out to.”

I go to the site and something quickly seems off to me . . . as an educator and blogger I probably look at things a bit closer than most . . . the courses seemed pretty empty. Mostly text, generic, and more importantly there was no instructor listed.

I thought hmmm . . . I don’t want to take a course if I don’t know the instructors credentials. The only preview available was a short powerpoint video with no talking . . . hmmm.

So I go to the companies website. On their site they claim they are the #1 NCLEX program . . . hmmm.

I look all over the site and can’t find a place to contact the company. Finally, I find an “about us” page. They list several RNs as course creators, many with advanced degrees (MSN, PHd).

At this point I’ve had so many red flags pop up that I just HAVE to investigate more closely.

I copy the names of the “educators” and paste them in Google . . . no results for these people. Okay, so I try doing the same thing in Twitter . . . nothing. Strange, all the companies and NCLEX® educators I know have a presence on social media or published work SOMEWHERE!

Okay, now I am really curious.

I do a reverse Google Image search on the instructors to see if I can find anything on these people or their credentials . . . . BOOM!!

Here are a couple places the images on their about page came from:

Getty Images (just a stock model photo)

A Miss America photo from years ago (it wasn’t who they said it was on their site and not a nurse)

Some strange Russian website (again NOT who they said it was, again NOT a nurse)

Flickr (a picture of someones cousin . . . and . . . again NOT a nurse or who they said it was)

Why Are They Doing This?

This is SO offensive to me for several reasons.

What are they trying to hide?

I put well over 40 hours a week into NRSNG.com to create GOOD content.

Where does this leave you, the nursing student, when you can’t trust what you find online.

I want you guys to be successful . . . .there are so many amazing nurses out there providing killer content to help you on your journey . . . it just really ticks me off that internet marketers are copying nursing text books and slapping the content in courses and then charging you an arm and a leg for it . . .

Where Can You Find Honest Nurses?

My goal is to give my all to you guys so that we can create a strong future for nursing. When I talk with other nurses out there . . . I put them through a serious vetting process in my mind . . . if they aren’t on the same page as me . . . I’m not going to recommend them to you. If they don’t fire me up and get me excited to be a nurse . . . BYE FELICIA.

Amazing Online Nurses!

Here are some of the nurses that I have found to be incredible resources for you in your studies:

A Few Tips to Spot a Scammer

Follow these steps when you encounter a new website providing educational materials for nurses. Not only is providing educational materials to nursing students if you aren’t a nurse a scam — it’s also very dangerous.

Do they use RN credentials after their name?

What happens when you look up their name with the Board of Nursing for their state?

If you ask them straight up if they are a nurse or can provide references, what do they say?

Can they answer straight questions about nursing?

Are the images on their site/etc stock images?

Lastly, ask for an RN license # . . . can they provide you with one? . . . if not RUN!

BONUS TIP: if they say they aren’t interested in answering those questions, don’t provide contact information, or ignore the questions . . RUN!

We are all in this together . . . and my goal is your success!

p.s. you can contact me any time . . . also just google search “Jon Haws” or NRSNG and you will know EXACTLY who I am . . .

The NRSNG Team

We’ve formed a team of the world’s best nurse educators at NRSNG. Not only are the incredibly brilliant nurses, they are working professionals with advanced certifications . . . and even more importantly, they embrace our unique method for teaching nursing students.

We call our teaching method the Core Content Mastery Method which embraces a learner focused approach to teaching with you at the center.

If you’d like to learn more about our team: CLICK HERE

We KNOW you can achieve your goal of becoming a nurse. We believe in you and the world needs more nurses who give a damn! Don’t give up.