Hi there. I'm really nervous to post this...so please be nice.
From ages 18-22 I was a cam model (that's internet Media done from home, if you didn't know. Don't Google it! ) I never got very popular but it was a good way to pay for school and feed my family without having to pay for a babysitter. (I worked nights)
I'm not sure if this shows up on a background check. It didn't when I was in CNA classes, and I was easily hired after that as a CNA/HCA. I'm worried about being hired as an RN though. I did not use my real name as a performer, but for taxes and age verification I did have to use my real name.
I'm currently doing prereqs for nursing, and I was wondering if anyone had any idea:
1. if this will come up in a background check? I messaged the person in control of background checks for my school and she said she wasn't sure, but it "should be fine as long as it doesn't show up"
2. if it DOES show up, is this going to be a huge issue? I heard that there was a nurse who lost her license for investing in/owning an adult site. But I think she continued that AFTER she got her license.
Nursing is really really what I want to do, but I'm worried about going through school and not being able to get a job after.
Please save me your judgment ? what's done is done and I don't want to get into a whole big 'is Media evil' discussion. I know some nurses who danced/stripped to pay for nursing school, but cam work leaves a bigger footprint considering it's literally all pictures and videos.
I live in Washington State and plan to stay here. We're in a pretty liberal area so I dunno if that changes anything.
I've accepted that I'll probably never be able to work with kids, but I really hope I don't have to give up nursing all together.
I filed taxes obviously during the years I worked, so I'm not sure if background checks include that.
I want to be a midwife, though! I think that'll be an exception because those children are too young for me to corrupt with my Mediay grossness, or whatever people are worried about me doing.
Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
RaggedyAm said:
I want to be a midwife, though! I think that'll be an exception because those children are too young for me to corrupt with my Mediay grossness, or whatever people are worried about me doing.
As a parent, don't tell me and I won't care. What I don't know won't bother me. I don't ask any provider what other work they've done whether WalMart greeter or squirrel & pigeon farmer.
Like I said keep your mouth shut around coworker's that may wish to perseverate and attempt to make you miserable. If you found a niche and made money legally good for you. It's not for me to judge as long as you did as you say. IRS won't care. Law doesn't care. Why do I need to?
I did an enormous amount of things in my past, some of which was online. I'm in recovery, and it was during the time I was in my addiction.
Long story short, the fact that you are even worried about someone recognizing you for the mistakes of your past, shows that you will most likely uphold the "moral turpitude" that nursing required of RN's.
Your past doesn't define you, your present does. As long as you didn't get arrested or criminally charged, nothing should show on a Background check. You didn't even use your real name, so there isn't any way to link it to you honestly. You want to be a nurse, and because you did that in the past, shouldn't stop you.
I made a lot of mistakes, far worse than you, and even had criminal charges. Fast forward ten years, and God used even the criminal charges, and my walk in recovery to place me in a career with nursing I couldn't be happier or more thankful for.
Don't stress too much about what's done. If you're meant to be a nurse, God will work out the details from the mistakes of your past, especially if it's just sitting on your conscience. Let it go and be the best nurse you can be [emoji177]
Specializes in ER, ICU/CCU, Open Heart OR Recovery, Etc.
RiskManager said:
I am a Washington state risk manager and am reasonably familiar with the Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission standards for nursing licensure and the contents of the typical background check, since I deal with this in my job. In my view, you have little to worry about either from the licensure or background check perspective. First and foremost, licensure and background checks look for criminal convictions from public records, and certain felony or misdemeanor convictions have the greatest impact on licensure and employment. From your original statement, you were engaging in legal acts and did not incur any criminal sanctions as a result of your work. Therefore, nothing will appear in the background checks and there would be nothing to self-report in your license application.
http://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/6000/ProcedureA21.05.pdf is a list of the 'license approval exceptions' process used by the Commission when granting nursing licenses. You can see that convictions of certain crimes result in a denial of license while others result in conditional issue. This does not apply to you since you have no criminal convictions, but it shows the thought process of the Commission.
Once you get your license, however, RCW 18.130.180 takes a more broad view of unprofessional conduct when an act which is or is not a crime involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or corruption is committed relating to your profession. A boundary violation with a patient or key party of a patient is an example of such and the Commission takes a dim view of this.
Once I was licensed and hired, I would keep my mouth shut about this and I would never, ever, ever mention this to a colleague or co-worker since if your employer were to find out about it, it probably will have a poor prognosis for the future of your job. Please let me know if I may be of any further help.
) I never got very popular but it was a good way to pay for school and feed my family without having to pay for a babysitter. (I worked nights)
mindofmidwifery, ADN
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Why can't you work with kids?