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I'm currently 21 in a BSN program and have made a couple mistakes that I'm afraid will come back to bite me when I apply for licensure. At the age of 16 I was charged with driving without a license, driving without insurance, and duty upon striking a...

I'm expecting to graduate from a BSN program soon. I have a friend who lives in St George Utah and is certain he can help me get my first job as a nurse at a detox facility where he works, but they said they would only pay me like $24 an hour as a ne...

I have been reading articles online that say the NCLEX cannot really be studied for (Why You Can't "Study" for NCLEX - happyNCLEX). I am wondering how accurate this is. I have heard that it is both a critical thinking/common sense type of exam more t...

I don't mind it when people don't wipe their butts.

I know someone working in tech in Contra Costa who earns about $70k and rents a small apartment on Market St and is able to afford many other expenses. From my experience SF area has fairly cheap options for food, entertainment, transportation, going...

The Idaho board of nursing processes background checks through the Idaho Central Criminal Database and the FBI, so you would definitely want to check what is on your record with those agencies before applying to their BON. Thanks for your input, plea...

BART "bay area rapid transit" provides cheap and fast transportation all around the SF area. I personally went from San Jose to San Francisco for $6 and in under 45 minutes.

In Utah I would only make about $40k a year working in the nursing home where my other friend is, and really like $30k after income tax. Either way it would be a little bit of a struggle.

He shares with like 3 people and the apartment is 3 bedrooms and has a bay view.

And while I cannot say that I have writing the California BRN received a check from the FBI and CA DOJ and nothing more, I have done extensive research in the subject and have never found any indication otherwise. In fact, every state board of nursin...

California board of nursing uses an FBI and California DOJ background check. http://www.healthsciences.uci.edu/nursing/docs/brn%20message%20on%20rn%20fingerprints.pdf http://www.acnl.org/assets/docs/dec%20brn%20fingerprinting.pdf According to their ...

http://mbon.maryland.gov/Documents/FAQs%20CHRC%2012.16.pdf According to this link, they require you to address every "arrest, charge, and/or conviction." I currently go to college in a state where they only ask for felony convictions on an applicatio...

Did they ask for disclosure of charges/arrests without convictions on the application?

As I've mentioned, I did an FBI fingerprint criminal background check on myself and turned up nothing. The FBI provides individuals with their own Identity History Summary for personal view and it doesn't hide any information.

The board of nursing in Utah, for example, states that if you have formally expunged a conviction then to make sure it was forwarded to the FBI to be eliminated from the records. But in CA "expungement" is not a true expungement as it stays on record...

What I can see in my FBI check is what the Board of nursing can see.

I have heard that, but I know someone there who shares with a bunch of roommates and pays only $300 a month.

All states ask about felony and misdemeanor convictions on their application for RN licensure, except New Mexico, North Dakota, and Connecticut, which just ask for disclose of felonies.

I saw that. But they also check through the FBI and their CA DOJ. These charges were out of state so they are not going to come up in a CA state background check and I don't have a criminal record with the FBI.

Did you read my whole post? I answered this question. And yes, I think there is a difference between theft of $2 and something else of substantially greater value, say a car. The board of nursing in my state only does a fingerprint-based background c...

Yep. But I'm planning not to disclose it because it doesn't come up on an FBI background check. I did one on myself.

50 is too old, in my opinion. I am only 21 and sometimes feel like I am too old to even be in college. There's a 60 year old man in my nursing school who asks me out on dates so it's not uncommon for older folk to not realize when they have missed th...

Kindergarteners scare me.

I am looking to apply for a license in California but have had some out of state misdemeanor charges from when I was a teenager. I don't plan to disclose them because they didn't show up when I did an FBI fingerprint background check on myself.

Hi, thank you for sharing. I was charged with petty theft for attempting to steal a $2 from Walmart at age 19 (2 years ago). I am from out of state, halfway through a BSN program, and am afraid I won't be able to work in California without restrictio...