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There are people with past felonies who make it through the state board and work as CNA's and as nurses. The question is what school did they attend?

you are allow to carry 685 hours maximum - that could be accumulated over many years of not using leave - you get 208 hours per year as an RN - so lets say you used 100 hours per year you would still have 108 left each year to roll to the next year. So after 6-7 years, yes, you could have 685. once you have the 685, then the use or lose comes into play.

can you please tell which community college you attended. this would be very helpful to our family member who is looking for a program that will admit him, and is willing to relocate to do so. thank you !

Please help! we have a family member who is a convicted felon, but has changed himself completely for the better. The conviction was in 2006 and his probation ended in 2010. From reading the requirements of some of the state boards of nursing, it appears he would be able to be licensed, based on the type of crime and the length of time since the crime. He has also gone to the judge and had the conviction 'set aside' which is helpful, as it implies the ex felon has been 'rehabilitated', but in arizona there is no expungment so the ex felon always has to answer 'yes' when asked if he/she has been convicted. It will always continue to show on a background check as well. This person wishes to attend a CNA program with the hopes of eventually becoming an LPN and perhaps later an RN. He has a BS in an unrelated field. The problems seems not so much to be acceptance by the state boards but rather acceptance by a school - this is not because the schools do not want to enroll the ex-felon but rather because it might be difficult to get the ex felon into a clinical site. I have seen some articles on your forum related to this topic, and have seen that some of the individuals said they had been accepted by such programs and have successfully completed them - i just wondered if someone could disclose the name of a particular program that has been able to admit someone with this problem. I think that programs that use government based clinical sites might be more flexible, but i am at a loss to find them. This person is willing to move or travel anywhere to achieve this. thank you in advance.