Has the board ever denied a license for not disclosing all attended schools?

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Hey Everyone,

I hope I'm writing this in the right place, I'm new to this site, and to nursing all together. That being said, I have a few things stopping me from attending an A.S. R.N. program at my local community college here in Southern California. I spoke to my academic counselor who advised that if I don't have all of my transcripts from previous schools sent in, there would be a possibility of having the medical board deny my license upon completion of the program.

For the record, I can't get my transcripts as I owe that private school in Los Angeles a pretty hefty amount of money. Another thing to keep in mind, I left that school SIXTEEN YEARS AGO.

Does anyone have any useful information that could help me out?

-ThatConfusedGuy

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Specializes in NICU, Trauma, Oncology.

Yes the NURSING board can deny licensure for not disclosing all academic transcripts. Furthermore, the ASN program likely won't accept you either without a complete academic record

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Would transcripts from 16 years ago even be valid for current studies? I'm not trying to be smart, I honestly don't know.

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Would transcripts from 16 years ago even be valid for current studies? I'm not trying to be smart, I honestly don't know.

When schools ask for transcripts from all previous schools attended, they mean all schools, even if you're not trying to transfer courses in for credit. Ditto with the BON. And employers. Withholding information about previous schools is considered academic dishonesty/fraud.

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Yes. It's considered academic dishonesty, no matter how old it is and these days academic dishonesty is a serious matter. Once that is on your academic record, getting into other schools and obtaining licenses is difficult at best.

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Specializes in ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine.

I had no opportunity to present my previous (foreign) several schools papers and transcripts due to the reason of those schools being closed years ago in a country not currently existing. I even had no document to prove I'd ever graduated from high school. When I went through admission to BSN and MSN programs and Boards paperwork, I did not cover the fact that I attended those schools, and wrote something like "unable to present transcripts due to circumstances". Had no problems (in Michigan).

Ask your current school if they will be okay with statement paper from that private school saying that you indeed attended it from time X to Y and they are unable to release transcripts at this moment. Maybe the simple admission of the fact is everything they want. Although they may still be apprehensive to accept a student who did not clear student debts for sixteen years, and the Boards will feel the same. But that will be another story.

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Would transcripts from 16 years ago even be valid for current studies? I'm not trying to be smart, I honestly don't know.

Yep. I had several of my courses from the late 90s transferred into my nursing program to cover the general Ed requirements.

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Yep. I had several of my courses from the late 90s transferred into my nursing program to cover the general Ed requirements.

Wonder about transcripts from the 70s.

Assuming the letters haven't completely eroded off the stone tablets lol.

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Wonder about transcripts from the 70s.

Assuming the letters haven't completely eroded off the stone tablets lol.

The LPN to RN program I did in 2012-13 accepted some gen ed credits from the late 80's.

They even accepted My CLEP for freshman English from 1986!

Yeah, I was a little shocked but very happy!

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Wonder about transcripts from the 70s.

Assuming the letters haven't completely eroded off the stone tablets lol.

Yep. When my mom went back to school to finish out her BS (she is an RDH) she still had to obtain transcripts from all her schools, even high school, and even the college that is no longer around.

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It doesn't matter if it is "valid". You are required to provide all transcripts. You don't then get to pick and choose which ones are "all".

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It doesn't matter if it is "valid". You are required to provide all transcripts. You don't then get to pick and choose which ones are "all".

I know you have to provide "all" the things.

I was just curious, should I decide to go back to school, whether anything from my college days in the 70s would would count, or if I would basically have to repeat gen Ed courses.

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