pixie-dust37

Well, I'm pretty embarrassed to ask any of you this, but I was wondering if anyone ever had to write the board of nursing a letter regarding a criminal background check. First of all, I am currently taking pre-req's for the nursing program. In 1994 I was in an abusive relationship with an alcoholic and one night things got out of hand with him and I called 911. I did hit him back that night, and was arrested for domestic violence because they told me that even though I was the one to call 911, since they had to come out, we were both going to jail. So now I have this misdemeanor (sp?) on my criminal record. On the paperwork I have it says "withhold adjudication", and I can say that I was never "convicted" of any crime. But, when I called the board of nursing, they told me that it would show up and I would need to write a letter of explanation and send the court documents with it. The lady I talked to on the phone told me that since it was 12 years ago, and a misdemeanor, that that was on my side. I just don't know if I should go through all of this, just to find out that I cannot be licensed. Has anyone ever whent through this procedure before? Or know how they work? She did also tell me that they have seen cases like this before. I'm not trying by any means to make myself sound better by saying that I have never before or after had any criminal trouble. I wonder if that makes a difference. Well, if there is anyone who can possibly help me with this, I would truely appreciate it. Thanks I just wanted to add that when I sent for some info. regarding this case back in 2000, what they sent back to me said, "battery" on it. Gosh, that sounds horrible. But since it was a "domestic violence" case, I cannot even get it expunged because of laws on that.