Hey. I'm Bridget. I am currently 20 years old and live in Texas. I was wondering if it was at all possible for me to become a vocational nurse, or even get into the program with my two class c misdemeanors. The first one was in October of 2011 and it was petty theft got busted shoplifting at WalMart less than fifty dollars of merchandise. The second was recently, April of 2013, and it's class c misdemeanor for drug paraphanalia(sp). I got pulled over for speeding, in my boyfriends car and it smelled like weed. The officer asked me to hand it over, or he'd search, and not knowing what was in the car I let him search. Any way is there any possible chance that I can become an LVN in this state with those charges? Or even into the program? Or am I just waisting my time?

I'm pretty sure drug charges are a big no no. Not to positive. I'd recommend you call some schools and ask. I'm pretty sure you can't get financial aid with drug charges either.

thanks for your response. BTW I can still get financial aid with a class c misdemeanor drug charge because I am receiving it now.

Moved to nursing licensure with criminal hex forum.

I had a DUI when i began nursing school. I was in the process of getting it expunged but looked into every outcome just so i know what to expect. this is what i have learned:

Schools can ALLOW you to attend, but they have nothing to do with you getting licensed.

I was in PA.... i spoke with a law firm that dealt with health care professionals and this was their advice and worked for me:

Each state board of nursing is different, with different rules and regs.

contact them and ask how they handle charges such as yours

what you will probably find, they want you to jump thru hoops------- so jump thru them

usually you have to state your case.

provide documents of the events

they will USUALLY deny you to sit for your boards

they want you to APPEAL

they will inturn give you more "hoops"----- JUMP thru them

eventaully they will let you sit for your boards (depending on your state and charges)

the hole point of this is to make you think twice before ever doing it again

Contact your SBON. Good luck