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Im really biting my nails about this. A while back i worked for walmart and i was fired for shoplifting. cops were not involved at all they did not press charges they just told me i wouldnt be able to get re hired by any walmart or sams club..I learned my lesson from my mistake it was the first time i had done it and the last time i did it. Now i got my cna diploma im in good standing with the state. And i have applied for a job at a hospital. I know they do backround check. Would this affect my background check or since no law was involved it wouldn't really matter???? HELP PLEASE!

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Every time this thread comes back up to the top of the forum, I'm struck yet again by the shouting, demanding tone of the OP.

Manners: often forgotten, always necessary.

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I know! I keep internally saying "Quit yelling at me! I had a hard day, dammit! I'm fragile!"

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You are quickly becoming one of my favorite people. I can always count on you to make me laugh!

I agree I look forward to your comments....

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This is getting good. More popcorn please! Keep the humor coming! :)

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Stxgirl2009,

I'm sorry you're experiencing both the anxiety of old guilt and the disappointment of a question unanswered. While no one, not even a lawyer, can make you promises or solid assurances, I can speak to the background check, having performed hundreds of them and thousands of arrests in my prior law enforcement career. If the police weren't involved in your detainment, then you WERE NOT arrested. Since criminal background checks are searches for arrest history, this will be clean provided this is the only skeleton in your closet. As previously mentioned, employment verifications, on the other hand, are human-to-human conversations, which may reveal details about your termination. The good news for you is that no licensing board anywhere will deny your application based on ill-will between you and a previous employer; their criteria are higher than your worries. Rest easy and always tell the truth - but only when asked; don't volunteer more than you are prompted.

The LORD nurses them when they are sick and restores them to health.” **Psalms‬ *41:3‬ *NLT‬‬

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Maybe.

That's just wrong, on so many levels...lol

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Stxgirl2009,

I'm sorry you're experiencing both the anxiety of old guilt and the disappointment of a question unanswered...

I hope you get a cheer point for this. Great answer.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
Stxgirl2009,

I'm sorry you're experiencing both the anxiety of old guilt and the disappointment of a question unanswered. While no one, not even a lawyer, can make you promises or solid assurances, I can speak to the background check, having performed hundreds of them and thousands of arrests in my prior law enforcement career. If the police weren't involved in your detainment, then you WERE NOT arrested. Since criminal background checks are searches for arrest history, this will be clean provided this is the only skeleton in your closet. As previously mentioned, employment verifications, on the other hand, are human-to-human conversations, which may reveal details about your termination. The good news for you is that no licensing board anywhere will deny your application based on ill-will between you and a previous employer; their criteria are higher than your worries. Rest easy and always tell the truth - but only when asked; don't volunteer more than you are prompted.

The LORD nurses them when they are sick and restores them to health.” **Psalms‬ *41:3‬ *NLT‬‬

Since OP came to a nursing forum to ask a non-nursing legal question, it is totally appropriate that a non-nurse, non-attorney attempts to apologize to OP on behalf of the nursing community, and then goes on to pretend to answer the legal question.

I rest my case, Your Honor. But I'm not a lawyer.

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Roser, I don't think he was apologizing for us, just acknowledging that the question can't be answered here. You acknowledge this isn't a nursing question, so there's no reason to discount his answer because he's not a nurse. I thought it was a great answer that may give op some piece of mind. Unless it crossed the line into legal advice, but I didn't see that.

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OP: no one knows if this will appear on your background check. As you were not arrested, it probably will not show up, but I can't promise that. All you can do is wait and hope for the best...and at worst, figure out how you'll address the matter in interviews.

Keep in mind that just they didn't call the cops and you weren't arrested at that moment, doesn't mean that they haven't/won't report this to the police in the future, because they very well can. Keep your nose clean from here on out. If they told you never to return to Walmart/Sam's Club, then don't ever return.

And definitely don't shoplift again. You may (may) have dodged a bullet this time, but next time you may not. A criminal record of theft will automatically place you on the "Do Not Hire" list for a lot of facilities, especially residential and home care. Neverminding that the BON will have a field day with you and your license.

Since there's not much else that we can tell you, OP, I think this thread has run its course.

Best of luck.

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