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I have a question to students in the Denver area..... I have a couple misdemeanors over 10 years old for theft....EXPUNGED. I don't want to contact a lawyer right now ( I understand no one is a lawyer here) I'm NOT asking for legal advice...... Seriously..... I don't expect anyone to give me legal advice. What I'm hoping to hear is personal experiences and your story only.... not advice. I'm not asking about the BON and licensing... I know that is a case by case consideration.... I'm not asking anyone to explain to me how I must disclose everything to the BON because they will find out... I know that.

I qualify to apply for nursing school.... but none of that matters if I can't get accepted into clinical around the Denver area. I know each hospital is different, I don't want to call each of them and ask right now... I'm only interested in other people experiences and the type of scenarios they experienced. I pretty sure all hospitals in the Denver area do FBI background checks,,, I could be wrong. Either way.... were YOU able to get into clinical by explaining your expunged record or did you have to mention it. What type of hoops did you go through and were you successful or unsuccessful. I like hearing other peoples stories.... I'm not looking for someone to advise me on what I need to do, because I moving forward either way... Thanks

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I am in Oregon but here is a bit of my experience. I started off calling the school I was going to go to. They did one background check which covered us for all facilities. You could try calling to clarify if the background check for the school covers all clinical sites. I was very open with my school, everything worked out fine but I am not sure if it was necessary to be so open. After my expungement was granted I was allowed to do a background check to see what showed on theirs as opposed to mine. This was before I had even applied to the program. I had no difficulties with school, my only hiccup was the giant pack of papers I had to send to the BON for NCLEX. But I had no problems with them either! I just got off night shift so I hope this made sense!

Thanks... this was great. Did the clinical site do FBI or finger print background? I know be honest is the best because they don't like the dishonesty... however, no where can I find a direct answer on if the hospital background check can see expunged records. I would never with hold anything from the BON ... they get to see everything.. but I don't know if the hospitals get to see everything as well??? Because it also effects getting a job in the future... does the hospital see the same background check as other employers or can they see beyond the expudgement like the BON?

Most schools will accept you then take your money when clinical doesn't accept you. I know there are so many people with various stories about what they experienced... Curious!!!

OHHHH and what about those two background checks... were they different??? Yours opposed to theirs.

Can the hospital see everything on your record like the BON?

Specializes in maybe L&D or NICU.

No, both background checks came back the same. My expungement did not even show. They came back clear, no findings. Now as for the background check for the hospital, I do not know since the one we took for school covered the hospital as well. Honestly, I am unsure about which background check they did. For school and the one I did myself, no fingerprints were needed. For the BON it was fingerprints. I have no idea if they saw the expungement; I had no delay for my ATT or license, but I sent all the court records to them, so I don't know if it would have been a problem if I hadn't sent it. For the hospital I am working at now, I did not have to disclose my expungement based on the wording of their questions and my background check came back clear for them. There was no mention of the expungement on my record. I know that every situation and facility is different. You could always call anonymously and ask the hospital what type of background check they do and if expungements are shown. At one point I anonymously emailed a hospital to ask about needing to list my expungement because I did not want to say no and look like a liar. They responded that if I has nothing other than my expungement that I could say that I have never been convicted. It might benefit you to contact an attorney, maybe try to get a free consult. I know mine will charge me $20 to come in and meet with him if I have questions. Best of luck!

thanks...

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