cindybf

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1. Did the hospital or school fingerprint you before making an offer?

   cindybf posted a topic in Criminal

   Hi, I am interested in knowing if a hospital or nursing school fingerprinted you before offering you a job or a spot in school? When you say background check what exactly is it? Is it a form asking you to disclose any convictions, ssi and dl? Or the ...

2. Any nurses out there hired by a hospital after a minor felony on their record?

   cindybf replied to RN-NewGrad's topic in Criminal

   Can anyone tell me if hospitals actually fingerprint you before a job offer or do they just ask for the basic background check with your ssi and dl#? This is a major difference because if your background has info on it more than ten years ago it prob...

3. Am I eligible for a license with my background?

   cindybf replied to Boomer32's topic in Criminal

   i dont know what state you are in but this is the texas nursing board and you can clearly see the way they decide these cases here, it should be pretty similar in most sates. http://www.bon.state.tx.us/disciplinaryaction/discp-guide.html

4. Am I eligible for a license with my background?

   cindybf replied to Boomer32's topic in Criminal

   I dont know what state you are in but this is the Texas nursing board and you can clearly see the way they decide these cases here, it should be pretty similar in most sates. http://www.bon.state.tx.us/disciplinaryaction/discp-guide.html

5. Am I eligible for a license with my background?

   cindybf replied to Boomer32's topic in Criminal

   Probably but I think it will look better if you have them expunged. All schools work differently. Check into them, some you dont have to disclose if records are expunged. Also dont let anyone discourage you, if you really are past that there are prob...

6. Am I eligible for a license with my background?

   cindybf replied to Boomer32's topic in Criminal

   Find your state board website and search for the answer, its right there. In Tx it depends on the actual charge. Can you apply to get them expunged? Since they are both in different states you might be able to do it especially if you mention to the ...

7. This is like going to war...

   cindybf replied to Getreal2011's topic in General Students

   No, I think I will stay right here, thanks though

8. This is like going to war...

   cindybf replied to Getreal2011's topic in General Students

   it seems like they want you to sign something that says: "yes i promise when i have been a nurse for a year i will hate my career, the hospital administrators and i will come to this board to say so with pride because its everyone elses fault" yeah o...

9. Stop being so miserable

   cindybf replied to mkhoaja's topic in Safety

   I am new here but I will add my two cents, I dont think the op meant to judge anyone. Many other professions are stressful and underpaid, police officers, teachers etc. I have ran across a few nurses in my lifetime as a patient that put the professio...

10. AA to BSN or straight to BSN what should I do??

    cindybf posted a topic in Career Support

    I am having a hard time deciding which way to go here. I can apply to the Jr college into the AA nursing program and then transfer to the BSN accelerated online program or just finish the prerequisites and go directly to the BSN accelerated program. ...

11. When do CRNA usually retire?

    cindybf replied to b_m_prosepct's topic in CRNA

    Thats it I am getting lasik. LOL

12. UTA Online BSN

    cindybf posted a topic in Texas (UTA)

    Hi everyone, I am doing some pre requisite work and plan to apply to the UTA BSN program, my question is this, will there be any different in my transcripts with an online program? Are there disadvantages to taking this program online vs traditional ...