Convicted of murder as a teen and now a nurse

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I know of someone who was convicted of murder as a teen. I won't go into details because the case is somewhat famous due to the fact there was a made-for-tv movie. The person in question did their time and is now in their 40's and is a RN. They legally changed their name but because some website had this information posted the new name has been discovered.

My question is how does someone who has a murder conviction become an RN. I know that the person was tried as a juvenile and sentenced as one but don't they have to disclose this information to the BON?

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Hey, everyone gets an opinion. That's mine.

Well if you don't like the topic, keep moving. There's no reason to close it.

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I don't think the person's family has "forgave her" for killing their only daughter in cold blood. In fact, I would imagine they never will.

Easy for someone who has no emotional ties to this case to preach about forgiveness.

I wonder what her victim would be doing now if she hadn't been murdered in cold blood. This POS took her life because she was afraid of being called "weird". Sorry, but I don't care what kind of nurse she is, she still is a horrible human being.

I don't believe in Jesus so what he would do is a irrelevant to me.

A the risk of being politically incorrect, I'll comment that anyone who would kill a classmate for such a trivial reason IS weird.

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I can't believe I read the whole thing.

I thought from the very first post, and I still feel that this is none of our business. It's the business of the BON, the legal system, the family of the person that was killed, even the hospital and that community- but none of our business. If she has held a job and done well for twenty years, the community and the hospital is satisfied with her work, who are we to say she shouldn't be there? Who is the OP to start stirring the pot AGAIN after twenty years? It feels like a witch hunt, and I will have no part of it.

Administrators, this thread should be closed.

Whew....I don't think I've seen quite that much petticoat ruffling in quite a while!

Murder is a crime that impacts all of society. Nursing is a profession that involves trusting the health and lives of vulnerable people to the care of others. All of this is all of our business.

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edited for legnth.

As I've stated:

1. Perfectly okay with life rebuilding post incarceration in reference to this person. Actually I think it's great.

2. Not okay with someone who would take that plunge (ending another human life on and with purpose) having access to the vulnerable and sick. Shouldn't ever happen. Ever.

The rest of it was me playing with hyperbole. If I gave you the wrong impression, I apologize.

I stand firmly behind point number two.

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Why do some of us think nursing is such a noble professional not to be awarded second chance? Why is it that nursing does not condone err is to human? Pathetic to say the least. If they committed murder, dd their time, it's a mute point if BON awarded them with a license. Am pretty sure BON looked at it keenly, if not then why does it exist? All am observing is emotions. People are not being objective. Nursing is not heaven.

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Why do some of us think nursing is such a noble professional not to be awarded second chance? Why is it that nursing does not condone err is to human? Pathetic to say the least. If they committed murder, dd their time, it's a mute point if BON awarded them with a license. Am pretty sure BON looked at it keenly, if not then why does it exist? All am observing is emotions. People are not being objective. Nursing is not heaven.

The BON, a government entity, is made of imperfect people who should not always have the final say on nursing practice and don't always have patients' best interest in mind. After all, it was another government entity, in Germany, that created an industry to exterminate a group of people. When you rely on the government for everything they have the capacity to take away everything, including your right to advocate for patients.

There's nothing subjective about a human repeatedly stabbing another human to death. A second chance is that this person is not spending the rest of life in prison. She wasn't a nurse when she stabbed this person to death, what second chance as a nurse would she be missing out on? It's amazing that this person is permitted to be around vulnerable and defenseless people who may unknowingly call this nurse the wrong name. This is allegedly why they stabbed someone to death in the first place.

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Why do some of us think nursing is such a noble professional not to be awarded second chance? Why is it that nursing does not condone err is to human? Pathetic to say the least. If they committed murder, dd their time, it's a mute point if BON awarded them with a license. Am pretty sure BON looked at it keenly, if not then why does it exist? All am observing is emotions. People are not being objective. Nursing is not heaven.

She still killed someone & as a nurse she is taking people's lives in her hands. She is taking care of people when they are at their weakest & most vulnerable. I don't understand how people can be so lax about her killing someone.

I'm not saying she should be shunned away & live in a cave but it would probably be best if she didn't work in the healthcare field. Fifteen year olds know right from wrong. My one year old knows right from wrong. There is inherently something wrong with someone who commits murder.

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I will make sure that I will not share this to my family and friends. Lol.

It's a little creepy.

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I don't know what to say about this, but I do find it a little uncomfortable that an ex-con becomes an RN. Yes, I'm aware that she was a minor.

It's not my job to give a license, so I'd say that good for her that she receives a second chance.

I hope that she will not make a bad move.

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Murder is truly the ultimate crime. Ending someone elses life is a huge thing. To do that to someone when you are 15 says a lot about you. I was as emotional and half off as any 15 year old girl but I never physically attacked anyone. Not even after a classmate stole my diary, xeroxed it, and posted it all over the school. It was pretty racy and dicey stuff that made me an outcast for two school years but I didn't KILL her. I don't think you become stable and reasonable once you turn 25 after you do such a thing.

To those who say she deserves a shot as a nurse, what about a boy who abducted, raped, and murdered a 5 year old when he was 15 working in peds? You ok with that? I'm just saying that nursing isn't some golden ticket that every sub standard kook is entitled to. And as far as not wanting to work next to her you are working next to deadbeat parents, date rapists, child abusers, pedophiles, wife beaters and perhaps a muderer who hasn't been caught so maybe let that illusion go. And the dead girls family may very well have forgiven her. Many say it would be to all consuming to do anything else.

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Why do some of us think nursing is such a noble professional not to be awarded second chance? Why is it that nursing does not condone err is to human? Pathetic to say the least. If they committed murder, dd their time, it's a mute point if BON awarded them with a license. Am pretty sure BON looked at it keenly, if not then why does it exist? All am observing is emotions. People are not being objective. Nursing is not heaven.

I don't really think most of the posters here consider nursing to be a noble profession. As for myself, yes I'm a caring person, but I also think nursing seems interesting...it'll keep me on my toes and is something that I'm actually enjoying right now; I'm enjoying studying in school right now, and I think I'll enjoy bedside care, moving around all day, critically thinking. There are lots of nurses on here who are in the profession simply because it was a good career move, and that's great too. The majority of us do not view ourselves as the noblest of people.

That being said, nursing involves high-stress situations that involve physically caring for another human being. People who do not handle stress well and have a history of violence in stressful situations are, in my personal opinion, not well-suited for a career as a nurse. It has nothing to do with nobility.

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