Any chances of getting RN license?

[azgurl]

I was a teacher 7 years ago and voluntarily gave up my teaching license. I did this due to the fact that I allegedly slapped a 14 year old male who was in my classroom at the time and harrasing me. I was arrested due to the fact that he was a minor. After this arrest, nothing else every went to court. There was no trial or prosecution. Last year when I thought about going to nursing school I spoke with the az BON and was told that I would have no problem getting a license. As of yesteray a nurse friend of mine said that I would never be able to get this license due to this alleged contact with said minor and also due to the fact that I gave up my az teaching license. I am currently looking into seeing if I can get my teaching license re-instated but I wanted to know if there are any nurses out there who have worked on boards in any state who could give me some guidance. I am going to get finger printed and also get my arrest record to see what kind of information it says about me.

What are my chances of ever becoming an RN with this in my background? I am afraid to start nursing classes in fear that it will all be for naught. Thanks for any good constructive criticism and assistance in this matter. Susan:confused:

[redshiloh]

Nothing happened after the arrest? That doesn't make sense. If the charges were dismissed you would have been notified. I think BON base it on what you have been convicted of.

I hope in the interim you have taken anger management courses because patients can be as irritating as students.

Good Luck!

[cannoli]

I would think the BON would know more about it than your friend. I think I might contact them again and speak with someone else or as many people there as possible to get a consensus of opinion, maybe even something in writing.

[sjoe]

"I would think the BON would know more about it than your friend. I think I might contact them again and speak with someone else or as many people there as possible to get a consensus of opinion, maybe even something in writing."

If, as it appears, the charges were simply dropped, get that in writing. Or, if the charges were dropped BECAUSE you surrendered your license, get a copy of that plea agreement and the judge's endorsement of it.

THEN get an agreement in writing from the BON, after you have provided them with this information about the slapping matter.

Since the bottom line IS your BON, whatever any people on this forum, or your friends, etc. might have to say but that the BON does not agree with, does not really matter. You need it from the horse's mouth (even though it might be speculated that the horse has turned around in the process). You are wise to get this cleared up before applying for nursing school.

[DialysisNurseDA]

Hi

Please contact the board and talk to them. Also, please consider this~ nursing and teaching have the same frustration. Patients can be just as bad if not worse. I've been kicked, beaten, and bitten. If I were you I'd rethink this decision to get into nursing, and before you do please go a class in stress management.

Try computer work at least if you hit it you won't lose your license or go to jail. My thing is when it gets to that point and you have to strike back you need to get out of it and do something else.

Good Luck! Darcy

[Roland]

Not that violence is ever justified, but there was a case at my highschool which might justify such a reaction. A group of male students had installed a hidden video camera which could "see" the girls locker room. They then "circulated" the resulting video among the students. One of the perps bragged to a teacher who happened to be the father of one of the girls that his "daughter was a Media star". Now this teacher didn't slap anyone, but if he had I frankly wouldn't have held it against him. Teenage guys can say and do some things that would test the patience of Job himself. I guess I'm saying that it may not be fare to speculate about your emotional stability based upon this once incident without knowing more about the circumstances. Also, if your BON will not give you a license perhaps a different state would feel differently.

[chris_at_lucas_RN, RN]

It is certainly possible to be arrested and not charged. Someone can accuse you of something and present what might look like enough evidence to justify an arrest, but you didn't do whatever-it-was and the whole thing is dropped.

Also, it's one thing to give up your teaching certificate to avoid prosecution, and a whole 'nother thing to let it go because you have just had enough.

Before "talking" with the BON, get online (or whatever) and get a copy of the rules and regs. Find your specific situation there and see what it says.

If you can't find your specific situation, you might consider having someone else, say, an attorney, check for you anonymously. It never hurts to protect yourself from some attitudinal issues on the part of an employee at the BON.

On a more personal note--if you had issues with frustration tolerance (and don't we all, at some time or other?) that involved a "client," have you done anything to address that? If not, it may be worthwhile to take the time to seriously consider whether nursing--fraught with frustration!--is really the right place for you. (And it may well be, I'm just saying....)

Be careful, and good luck to you.