I need some help, or reassurance! I passed my NCLEX in Illinois on December 9th. I received my nursing license application about one week later and quickly submitted it with my payment. Well, this past Friday I received a letter in the mail stating that I am *Prohibited from Practicing* and that in order to process my application they needed certified court documents from five circumstances that occurred when I was 18. This is well over 12 years ago. Four of the charges occurred on the same day and were a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. My ex boyfriend had me drive him somewhere to sell cannabis. Long story short, because I drove him there without knowing what was going on, I too was charged with delivering cannabis, and on top of that contributing to the delinquency of a minor (both of those charges were dropped against me and read (Nolle Pros) next to the outcome. Aside from that, my stupid ex again hid 2.5 grams or less (as written on the court document) in MY car so when it was searched it was found and labeled as mine. I was advised to plead guilty to that because my ex (the jerk that he was) wasn't taking the blame for it and I couldn't prove it otherwise. I received community service and court supervision and that was all. Then during that same event, while I was in the police station I stupidly scratched the wall in cell they had me in and then was charged with defacement of property less that $300.00. I regret doing that and regret having been caught up with my ex and his horrible ways. For that I had community service and supervision. All was completed and there were no further issues.
The last, I was caught in retail theft (stupid teenage years). With that, I was arrested then at court assigned to 24 hours of community service. Stupidly, I didn't complete the community service and when I returned to court the judge literally sent me to jail. My concern with this is that, I was never actually "incarcerated", but was in the holding area of the jail for less than 15 hours until I paid the bail amount. I was in and out the same day and wasn't even in the general population. When I went to get the court documents I asked if I needed "incarceration" documents as well from that 15 hours, but they assured me that the court document that they gave me will be fine. The record given to me doesn't' even say that I was sent to the jail holding cell. It only says "bail 10,000" then says return to court in seven days. I'm concerned because the letter from the BON says to submit incarceration records as well, but technically- I wasn't incarcerated. I never have been. That being said,
I submitted all of the required documents along with my lengthy statement of the events and had is express mailed to the BON.
Has anyone had a similar situation such as this? What was your outcome? I have an interview this week for my DREAM job and this literally has me depressed and is all I can think about. Also, if you have- how long did it take to get your license? This is seriously ruining my life! The stupid mistakes that come back to haunt you... urg!
Thank you so much for reading my lengthy post, but I'm so upset over this! I am no longer the person I was when these happened close to 12 years ago!
