Past webcam/topless photos...can I still be a nurse?

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I have done lots of artistic nude photos.....none that were spread eagle but mainly topless or in a thong. I go to exotic lands like the virgin islands and hawaii wearing thongs as well. I did hold down a webcam job but found it boring and the guys were rude. I wasn't on very long.

Can I still become a nurse if I put the webcam part behind me? I can keep the thong photos off facebook and my website but I don't see nudity as a problem. I don't do drugs and I have no convictions.

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Specializes in Mostly geri :).

It's not illegal, so I don't see why not.

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but nurses have a higher moral clause that states they have to be above the average person in morals.

I am thinking christian morals b/c many pagan religions and budhists aren't as prudish about nudity.

I was told that nurses have gotten fired for webcam jobs. I could understand if you held the job while being a nurse but if you ended that part of your life, it shouldn't count.

I have also been told that lawyers have been fired if someone found out they were strippers in the past.

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Specializes in Mostly geri :).

How would they find out though? Webcam sites don't say "hey, she got naked" if an employer does a background check. They come up as internet marketing companies. A recruiter said this firsthand. Funny as it is, the longer you stayed at the "internet marketing" job, the better it looks...........so you don't look like a jobhopper...................and yes, I know from personal experience-that said, this may be too risque a topic for this site, so I'll shut up now, but feel free to pm me.

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.

If you didn't do anything illegal I don't see how that would prevent you from being a nurse. I don't think it's advisable to continue that type of employment if you do go to nursing school, though.

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