Concerns with licensing in NYS and background

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I am currently in nursing school in New York set to graduate in the Spring.  I have a misdemeanor dui (happened in 2016 but was not settled until 2018) and a dwai (2013) I have since completed treatment and continued rehabilitation. This past Summer while staying with a friend in FL I was arrested for battery as I intervened on a fight between her her boyfriend.  All charges were dropped but I believe it would still come up on a background check.  I'm concerned that I have wasted my time in nursing school and will not be approved for my license.  Does anyone have any advice or experience with something similar?

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Get ahold of me if you’d like.

Our situations are eerily similar only mine as worse. I graduated from an accelerated 2nd degree BSN program a year ago and am taking aggressive steps to put together the best defense for my licensure application. 
 

I don’t have any concrete answers yet about what will happen to me, but I can tell you how this has been for me so far and keep you updated as more things happen.

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K., Everly

Thank you for the info! I'm new to this site and not sure how to send you a message directly but please send me an email if you can, [email protected]

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Any update regarding your license ? Im waiting on the moral board to review my case .

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