txrn2011

I just started working at Scott and White in October, I am a new nurse too. It was almost a year and a half after graduating that I started working on one of the med surg units, and it is pretty overwhelming right now but I will say it is a great teaching hospital and the nurses are great and treat the new grads well, at least they do on my unit :)

after applying all over the country for over a year, I finally got a job in Texas (I'm from CA too). I tried so hard to get work anywhere in CA doing anything, and there is just very little opportunity for new grads there. I hated moving but I am ok with being here now, and it won't be forever so if you can be mobile just bite the bullet and get whatever you can wherever you can and go back later. I do have a friend that got a job in N Dakota and she did say they are hiring new grads there so thats an option, I do know that housing is scarce and expensive there, and pay is not the best. but hey, a job is a job, I would advise not holding out for CA because I think it really hurt to be out of school for so long and I think I forgot alot of stuff so get out and get employed anywhere you can as soon as possible.

Abuse? No. Disprespecful? Yes And it's just not professional... just my humble opinion:twocents:

I have a big problem, I am hoping someone out there that knows how the Texas BON works and deals with criminal charges. I am a fairly new grad in CA, passed my NCLEX and got my CA license with no problem. I have been offered a job in TX (after almost a year searching) and I am supposed to start mid June. My temp license will expire in mid July, and I received a letter from TX BON that my background check revealed an incident from 23 years ago (that CA didn't find)! I know of the incident but I did not know that I was charged because they let me go home with no court date, no paper work, nothing. What happened was that I crossed the Mexican border with my then husband who was not yet legal in the US and on the way back we were sent to customs, questioned separately and he was sent into Mexico and they let me leave. I was unaware that I was charged with anything, I was 20 years old and did not realize the trouble I could get into by crossing the border with him (what can I say I was young and naive). Anyways, I have started the process of getting the documentation of the incident that the BON wants, but it could take a very long time because there's almost 700 requests ahead of me I was told I could submit a letter and a copy of my marriage license and explain what happened and ask if they would possibly grant my license before I am able to submit the documentation, and I an wondering if anyone knows if it is at all feasible that they MAY grant my license before I am able to get the documentation to them, since I was married to him and it wasn't like I was smuggling aliens for money, I know its still a bad thing but it never crossed my mind that I had a charge so I never disclosed it. I am hoping that TX will be forgiving and understanding in this situation, but I have a feeling they may not be I need to make decisions very very soon like within the next week or two, has anyone had any such experience with TX BON where they gave a license in good faith that the person had no ill intentions in the past? I am a pretty good person, I always try to do the right thing in all situations and I feel that they see me as a liar and a criminal and I'm not!