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Hi everyone, I had a question regarding nurses on probation in CA. Unfortunately I made a terrible decision and received a DUI. I will spare my sob story and the background information. I am forever sorry and will live with this mistake the rest of my life. My question though is CA is not my original license and I am licensed in a few other states. I know about disclosing the conviction etc to every state; but my question is am I guaranteed to have restrictions for every state? If I want to relocate what will happen with California? I cannot surrender my license here as that will lead to being on the ineligible healthcare provider list everywhere. I have no criminal background besides this mistake. I would like to move on from this any not spend the next 3+ years with restrictions and the demands that will be placed by the BRN in CA. My immediate family is not here and I was not planning on staying here long term but now I feel stuck. If I start the probation and move does my license get revoked here? Will my original state and any other state place restrictions on my license as well? I read on the Washington BOH website in an article they published that lists most common criminal convictions and what that would mean for licensure there (unrestricted, sanctions, denial) and it states a first offense DUI that was between 0-3 years ago will result in an unrestricted license with no action taken. Are there any other states that have similar guidelines to this issue? My home state does not lay it out like that and it appears they treat everything (besides a specified list that will always be denial) on a case by case basis. Any other nurses that relocated from CA have similar stories? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone, I had a question regarding nurses on probation in CA. Unfortunately I made a terrible decision and received a DUI. I will spare my sob story and the background information. I am forever sorry and will live with this mistake the rest of my life. My question though is CA is not my original license and I am licensed in a few other states. I know about disclosing the conviction etc to every state; but my question is am I guaranteed to have restrictions for every state? If I want to relocate what will happen with California? I cannot surrender my license here as that will lead to being on the ineligible healthcare provider list everywhere. I have no criminal background besides this mistake. I would like to move on from this any not spend the next 3+ years with restrictions and the demands that will be placed by the BRN in CA. My immediate family is not here and I was not planning on staying here long term but now I feel stuck. If I start the probation and move does my license get revoked here? Will my original state and any other state place restrictions on my license as well? I read on the Washington BOH website in an article they published that lists most common criminal convictions and what that would mean for licensure there (unrestricted, sanctions, denial) and it states a first offense DUI that was between 0-3 years ago will result in an unrestricted license with no action taken. Are there any other states that have similar guidelines to this issue? My home state does not lay it out like that and it appears they treat everything (besides a specified list that will always be denial) on a case by case basis. Any other nurses that relocated from CA have similar stories? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Hi! Looking for any insight/advice/suggestions! I am set on relocating to San Francisco from Ohio in the end of December/early January. I originally planned to do a travel contracts but keep seeing the high pay rates of regular full time RNs in SF area seem to be able to make more money then travelers. I will actually graduate with my MSN/NP degree in the first week of December and along with that a lot of student loans to pay back. Im not ready to find a permanent NP position and planned to do travel contracts for a while and pay off as much of my debt as possible. Fortunately I have lots of family in the city and my grandma has graciously offered to let me stay with her rent free so I can pay off as much of my student loans as possible. I have 3.5 years of acute care exp...most recent two years being critical care (MICU). Any advice from California RNs or other travelers on the route I should go would be much appreciated! I was just there this past week and drove up to the BON and turned in all my paperwork in person to get my RN endorsement so I am hoping I will be able to either sign a travel contract for end of Dec/early Jan or actively look for a full time position. I don't want to say its all about the money because I love nursing but honestly right now it is! I am ready to work and pay off of as much of my debts from undergrad and graduate school as possible!!