OK Board of Nursing; Acceptance or Denial???

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So, I graduated nursing school March 15, '18. Within a few weeks, all but about 8-10 people in my cohort had received their ATT letters. By mid-April, those of us with arrest records had gotten their letters, except me. It's now May 26th, and I've heard nothing.

I had a laundry list of stuff on my record. Nothing was a felony. The last arrest was 18 years ago. I had some expunged arrests from 13 and 14 years ago that I disclosed, but one was no-billed, and the other was proven innocent. So, I don't know if they're toying with me before they deny me, toying with me before they accept me, or this is just the process.

Should I withdrawal my application so I don't have a BON denial, and apply to Texas, where they don't make you disclose your expunged charges? Am I going to get accepted? Are they going to deny me? Does anyone have any insight or advice? TIA

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So, I graduated nursing school March 15, '18. Within a few weeks, all but about 8-10 people in my cohort had received their ATT letters. By mid-April, those of us with arrest records had gotten their letters, except me. It's now May 26th, and I've heard nothing.

I had a laundry list of stuff on my record. Nothing was a felony. The last arrest was 18 years ago. I had some expunged arrests from 13 and 14 years ago that I disclosed, but one was no-billed, and the other was proven innocent. So, I don't know if they're toying with me before they deny me, toying with me before they accept me, or this is just the process.

Should I withdrawal my application so I don't have a BON denial, and apply to Texas, where they don't make you disclose your expunged charges? Am I going to get accepted? Are they going to deny me? Does anyone have any insight or advice? TIA

I doubt that they're "toying" with you. Have you tried contacting them for an update? These things are always reviewed on a case by case basis.

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"Toying" may be a poor choice of words, just what it feels like. Yes, i called them about three our four weeks back and told them i felt like they'd forgotten me. He said that I'd probably be up for review next week. So, that week would've been about two or three weeks ago. I just don't want to get denied and then have to mark "yes" for the Texas BON, on the question that reads, "have you ever been denied by a board if nursing." I'm wondering how common my situation is, and what the outcomes of those situations tend to be.

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Specializes in RETIRED Cath Lab/Cardiology/Radiology.

Moved to more appropriate forum. Hopefully some of our wise members will be able to help you figure this out. Best regards!

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Specializes in PICU.

Not to be a negative Nancy, but I'm in Texas, and our program told us that even those with expunged records would need to fill out a Declaratory Order of Eligibility because it would come back on the background check the BON runs anyway.

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Specializes in med surg.

Are you in California ? It's just a waiting game. I never called. I just waited patiently. I'm sorry, I know it's tough. I applied beginning of February. About a month later I got a letter asking for all the documents. I started to think they lost it! Then a few more weeks I got a letter only asking for Certified court documents. I sent those. About 5 weeks later I got my ATT.

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