Pre-Nursing background check

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I am planning on taking my CNA's next semester (which is my second semester in college)... I am worried about the background check. When I was 18, I am now 23, I got a misdemeanor drug charge...It was not a felony and it is the only trouble I have ever gotten into. However, I can pass the pre-req drug test for the class. Will this misdemeanor charge disqualify me from being accepted into the class and the nursing program??? I am in NC :eek:

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Let me expand a little on my situation...I'm not sure that I was even convicted of a crime...I didn't go to jail...I was simply written a ticket for misdemeanor drug charge and all I had to do was pay a fine...I never went to court and was never arrested over it...Does that mean I wasn't actually convicted of a crime and don't have anything to worry about? Who can I talk to to find out before I register for the class?

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These are not questions we can answer. Best bet is to contact a lawyer.

Will also move to nursing licensure with a criminal background.

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I can only relate this to my own experience with traffic tickets. Payment of a fine is admission to guilt. You were convicted the day you paid the fine. The background check will find this, so be sure to declare it. As far as being accepted, that's up to the school, but if I were you I would be sure to talk about that in my application essay and get some killer grades (make yourself a top candidate, so that the charge isn't the deciding factor between you and another applicant being accepted).

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