Can I become a RN now that I’ve been baker acted?

Nursing Students ADN/BSN

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I live in Florida and I was recently baker acted as the cop jumped to conclusions and claimed I was suicidal, I just want to know is nursing forever out of my reach?

Specializes in Critical Care.

No. Tbh I don't even think that comes up. I knew someone that was previously baker acted and accepted into a large nursing school here.

Just in general and regardless of the situation - don't be afraid of mental health. No one will punish you for getting the help that you need.

thank you so much, all I said was how tired I was of covid and the next thing I knew they were baker acting me for being suicidal. I feared because of that they could deny me my right to get into nursing school.

On 2/10/2022 at 5:13 PM, MaxAttack said:

No. Tbh I don't even think that comes up. I knew someone that was previously baker acted and accepted into a large nursing school here.

Just in general and regardless of the situation - don't be afraid of mental health. No one will punish you for getting the help that you need.

Thank you so much, the cop jumped to conclusions and claimed I was suicidal just because I said I was sick of covid. I tried speaking with multiple lawyers, but they were contradicting one another: one was saying I’m fine it’s protected by hippa, the second said that no because a cop was involved it’d go down on my criminal record, and the third was saying there’s no way to know the only way it to do a background check on myself. I assume I should have no difficulties getting into school, but it could be difficult getting employed. Personally I believe it’s possible they may disregard it in general due to the fact that it happened during covid; so who know how many doctors nurse practitioners, and cops maybe jumping to conclusions and baker acting people for some dumb reason.

If you were criminally charged then, you would have to disclose that. Read what the initial licensure application says in your state. Some say within 5 or 10 years, have you been treated for alcohol, mental health issues.. Depending on the circumstances, you have to report certain issues or else they can deny your license. 

One thing to add, sue the person who did it. 

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