...heh, noticed the Board of Nursing went all retro on an old friend of mine. dug up an arrest that happened about 8 years before nursing school....no convictions. Is there any reason why they do this? Will a mere arrest record interrupt somebodys career. I mean if it will how do you go about dealing with this, to make it go away?

I am moving your post to a different forum. We do get a lot of questions about nursing licensure with a criminal background - the only entity that can answer your questions is your local board of nursing.