MS LPN with a question

[catband]

Hi everyone,

I have been an LPN since June of 2011. I have worked Nursing home until I transferred to home health where I work mainly with pediatric clients and from there I moved to working at a facility for the Intellectually disabled for the State. I have been a very good nurse and I have a large social network regarding LPNs and RNs that work in the facilities.

Now my problem is that I got a Disturbing the family peace conviction in May of 2012.

What happened was that my landlord(fiance's mother) gave us 24 hours to get out of the house and when we were unable to meet her demands, when she didn't give us the legally required 30 day notice, she proceeded to take my things and throw them in the garbage can. I was in the process of getting my things out when she shoved the garbage can into my stomach(I was 14 weeks pregnant with a high risk pregnancy including Heparin injections twice daily). I went and locked myself in my car and called 911. When the police showed up I stepped out of my car and stepped to the edge of the yard. When the police officers came up to me it was explained they weren't there to referee a family fight and stated that everyone on the property was going to go to jail that day.

I received a disturbing the peace charge and his mother got a simple assault charge. I plead guilty because i did not have the money to afford a lawyer and could not get a public one because I made to much money even though I live pay check to paycheck and my medication for my pregnancy cost between 400 and 500 dollars a month.

So I accepted my disturbing the peace charge and moved on with my life.

I have renewed my LPN license twice since this happened and gave court certified documents to the Mississippi BON and my statement everything has been hunkydory until this year.

I applied to return to BSN school and filed the application and made sure to put the conviction on the application. I was accepted and was the ONLY LPN accepted and had a 4.0 GPA on my prereqs. I was up front about everything. I did the background check for the school and the charge showed up and it shows everything. Just now after uniforms and books and everything has been paid for NOW I might not be able to do the program...

I have been upfront about it from the very, very beginning.

It has never affected my jobs or my LPN. I don't understand how that can effect my position in the program.

I called the BON today and spoke with a really nice lady when after I explained about everything and asked her if i could still sit for NCLEX-RN and obtain a RN license.. she said I could and since they already have processed the conviction then I will not have to have it reprocessed with them.

I am getting a letter from my current boss(state job) that I am cleared to work even with the charge.

What are my chances of continuing in the program even with this conviction? Is there anything I can do to increase my chances of staying?

[B52, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN]

I suggest you schedule a meeting with the nursing school dean.

[twinsmom788]

I am glad you had a good experience with the BON. I would just explain what happened to your school as you have done here. It appears you were the victim of domestic violence.