Is this the end of my hopeful future career?

[Nursing Student4ever]

Any advice? Here's my situation - When I was in my early 20's I was in the middle of getting a divorce and my ex-husband which is a complete jerk made a falsified domestic violence charge against me and had me arrested. The event never happened but he did it out of spite. When I went to court being young and naive I was told if I pleaded guilty or no contest I wouldn't have to have a trial and get legal counsel etc.! So I did just to keep from missing work and paying for an attorney. Little did I know this conviction 13 years later is coming back to haunt me!!! Does anyone know if I can still get a job as an RN or even if I can take the state boards because of this???? I did my homework on trying to get this expunged from my record but unfortunately DV is something that can't be removed! I'm still on the waitlist for my clinicals but I have my heart and time invested in this program and am praying there's still a way I can make this happen. HELP!!! I will try to contact the BON but I hear they give a pretty general answer about looking at each circumstance to make a decision. I was just trying to have some peace of mind that there are nurses out there that have gotten their license and a job with this type of conviction. I am just sick about the whole thing and feel completely deflated right now!