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oh... and Banananurse1: The courthouse should have copies of your records even if they were expunged. When you are awarded expungement, your record gets marked as dismissed.

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Thank you socal0321. It was my hope that people (that are going through what I had to go through) would have a sense of hope. When I searched around for advice it was virtually non-existent. I wanted to give people an idea of what the process was like so that they could plan ahead. Best of luck and keep on working toward your dream.

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Sorry for the year-long hiatus everyone. I will try to check the post more often.

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Hi CaliCalinurse, If you didn't recently commit a crime and you don't have actions against your RN license then the answer is no. But when you applied to California, did you disclose the charge even though it was dismissed. You have to report dismissed items even though you were not convicted. Iʻm not really sure why because it seems like it would be really hard to hold a dismissed offense against someone. Maybe it helps to catch multiple offenders in different states or maybe because the background check agency that they use didn't update their records after the offense was dismissed and it still shows up as an unresolved case. Bottom line, report it so that they cant use it against you later. Hope this helps.

Good job Elisha_V, Being upfront really seems to go a long way with the BON plus your offense was back in 2001. I wish you the best of luck. I'm not too sure about Pennsylvania's policies but I'm bet they are relatively similar to California's. Let me know if you have any questions.

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The requirement says that you have to pass the NCLEX OR have a score of 1600. I'm assuming that the NCLEX was scored like that back in the day.

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Wow, what a success story! You are going to be such an inspiration for anyone that had to go through the process of appealing the board of nursing and entering into a stipulated agreement. I love to hear all of these success stories with people who just want to better their lives and so they push forward while at the same time not know what is to come. You should definitely write about it in a post. I think that could really be helpful to a lot of people and thank you for sharing it with me.

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Iʻm sorry to hear about that. First, I would like to say thank you for your service to our Country. It must be tough trying to overcome your condition so that you can better your life. I am a little confused about a couple aspects of your post. First, are you currently a CNA? Second, did you get arrested in 2013 and what were your convictions? If the arrest was that recent, and you have one or more felonies then that is pretty tough. I am not a lawyer, but it seems like you have a relatively recent conviction and that may make it very hard to get into nursing school or get a license any time soon. If you can get the conviction dropped to a misdemeanor that would be much better in the long run. You could work on getting it expunged after you serve probation. The other issue is that you got an assault charge on a police officer and the board may correlate that with the possibility that you would be violent toward patients if you're in a manic phase of you bipolar disorder. I really don't want to discourage you but I also have the responsibility to be strait with you and say that you are going to have it hard trying to become a nurse in the near future or getting a legal job for that matter. If you are a CNA now then you are supposed to report any arrest to the board before you get your renewal and if you don't then you will basically blow your chances at an LPN/RN license in the future. I really feel for you and I have been in a similar situation. It is depressing not being able to get a legal job because no one will hire you with a previous criminal history. All I can say is hold your head up and realize that you are a good person despite this glitch in your past. Don't ever let anyone take that from you.

I don't remember for sure but I think it was not certified.

Sorry for the late response. I am not a hundred percent sure about that. I'm sure their records show everything because it is like an FBI style background check. I doubt they would hold that against you, but I would report it if it were me. I don't think you have anything to worry about except the added time and expense. Maybe you should call them and ask if you would have to report something like that. Sorry I don't have a better answer for you.

Wow that must have been scary for you. That is so awesome that you did the appeal and passed the NCLEX. I'm making a toast to you as I write this. Cheers to being diligent in your effort to better your life. I sincerely wish you the best of luck.

Thank you for sharing that information nicemany78. I was not given a probationary license and I got my record expunged so it wans't any harder to find a job. Thank you for your insights though.