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Well you will need to have all your papers ready for bon.This includes you court papers which shows expungment and out come of your cases.You will need proof of your rehabilitation or outstanding references from college professors or your former boss.You should send them in with application and hope for the best.Every board is different just do not lie about it, as they will find out anyway.Most bon find out about all expunged/erased/purged/you name it arrest/charges through doj.Your best bet is to do doj check on yourself to see what is no there.But be honest anyway.As for the job that is different animal.Its tough out there but do not give hope.

Sorry for late reply.What I will do If I were you, is to go on gov fbi website and check on how to order your own rap sheet.Believe it or not if you were ever finger printed for anything your prints are in their website for life.Now order the rap sheet before you face the BON.They will find it no matter, if it was sealed/expunged/set aside.They see everything,just be truthful and they may consider what you have done since then to improve your life.Never lie to them no matter how tempting.Who knows they might as well decide to help you.Show that you need the license and prove you are worth it and ready to help people.Be cool and sincere somebody will help.

If I was you I will not resign,it is so damn hard to get a job in this economy let alone with criminal record.Do not ever quit your job you may never get another one soon.It is that hard.I would find a way to go to school while working as you never know how things may work out in your school or clinicals.They may kick you out or keep you who knows at least you will have a job to keep you alive if things went south.I repeat do not quit your current job no matter what.Now it will really depend with a court.A lawyer is there to get your money they are a waste of time in this circumstances of expungement because court is the only one decide how long it will take.Lawyer can only convice the court to expunge but the time is determined by the court.It may take 3 to 6 months since the judge grant motion of expungment for your record to be offline.Even then there are like 600 websites that one can check your record and they are sometime not updated to reflect that your record was expunged.But it is better sealed.Do not give your lawyer anymore money wait for court to finish expungment process,keep your job you can always reapply when record sealed.Do not panic you are lucky you are getting it sealed/expungment.Other states people wait for years.

Call you state BON asap and ask If you are eligible to start nursing school.I am sure you will have to fill bunch of forms and fees but they will accept you I am sure.You need to contact your school as well to see If they will let you in.The real kicker I think is getting clinicals to accept you but then expungment might help by then.I will probably ask my school to see whats up.Other options is to go to school part time so you can delay until expungment happen and then start clinics or do something else in medical then come back to nurisng two years from now.

Do NY expunge records? I hear they do not.If that has changed get it sealed asap.

If you already have a nursing license I will do state background check or go to court in which your case were and see If it was sealed.If you do not have a license I will do FBI rap sheet check to see what's on there since all BON use that.Never lie to BON they will deny you a license.

You might have FBI rap sheet with car wreck and shoplifting if in those incidents you were ever fingerprinted by police officer.Tickets do not count but car wreck and shoplifting might.I will order my FBI rap sheet If I were you.It will take 8 months but atleast you will know what is there before facing BON.Do not use all these internet background check.Orde FBI one because that is the one BON use anyway.Meanwhile get your record expunged do not lie to BON

You are going to be fine.Just relax and wait the NCBON decisions.People are getting licences with felony.If this is your only strike they might give you some restrictions or none at all.You will be an RN.I have misdeminor petty theft and that is the only strike.I spoke with PABON and I think I will be fine but still worried.Let us know.

Congrats.How is your school going so far?Did you able to do clinicals?

Thank you for sharing this with us dukes217.Congratulation I realized no body gave you one when you posted this.

I am so inspired by your story.Now I have to take my courage and apply for nursing school.

Thank you very much for sharing this story with us BSN-RN Mia.

Thanks

Yes, I am doing my homework.

Hello all, How much do you make and what state are you in and what is your title(CNA/LPN/RN/BSN-RN/FNP/CRNA/PA/NURSE-INFORMATICS,CHIEF OF NURSING,DNP/PhD)????