To background check or not????

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HI I AM A NURSING STUDENT, SENIOR, 10 WKS LEFT, I AM DOING A DEBATE IN CLASS IN TWO WEEKS AND WOULD LIKE TO GET A GENERAL NURSING VIEW ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BACKGROUND CHECK YOU AND HOW FAR DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE GOING BACK, SUCH AS A JUVENILE RECORD. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO REPLYS OR READS THIS

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Definitely approve of background checks. I dont want to work with criminals....nor do I want one taking care of me or my relatives when or if I or they are in the hospital. Medical companies, hospitals, etc. would be setting themselves up for serious litigation if they had offenders taking care of patients.

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Specializes in Oncology RN.

I agree...I think the background checks are not just important, they are imperitive. What if you have someone who has been convicted of a sex crime, and they have ambitions of working in peds? I shudder at the thought. Credit checks are another topic entirely...

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I have no problem with background checks. I had to find a summer job just a few months ago and I have a high ID protection setting. Everytime someone does a check I am told of it and who requested it. (I had ID thief a few years ago) Companies like fedex, ups, Polo outlet and other did a background check before interviewing me. Keep in mind this was only for a retail summer job while in school.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

I've no problem with background checks and drug screens. They've instituted background checks here because convicted rapists have raped patients in nursing homes, or something like that.

But I'm torn as to how far one should go back. I'm 45 and certainly wouldn't want to be held back for things I did as a teenager as I'm a totally different person now. So I would say certain felonies like rape or drug trafficing should keep a person out of nursing forever. But say someone got busted for pot or shoplifting at age 15 or even age 20 and it's been 20 years and nothing further on the record. I don't think they should be punished any more for that.

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I believe it should depend on the type of felony the person has committed because anything can become a felony. If it is a violent crime then I believe it should raise a few eyebrows, but if the person has rehabilitated themselves I do believe they should be given a second chance. I know that people with black marks on theor criminal records are not even looked upon as being a worthy employee and therefore is not even considered for a job even though they are well qualified. I know that people make mistakes. If it is related directly to the position they are applying for then no, such as a child molester or rapist working with children. Embezzlement then no you should not be dealing with money an so forth.

QUOTE=gabym25]HI I AM A NURSING STUDENT, SENIOR, 10 WKS LEFT, I AM DOING A DEBATE IN CLASS IN TWO WEEKS AND WOULD LIKE TO GET A GENERAL NURSING VIEW ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BACKGROUND CHECK YOU AND HOW FAR DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE GOING BACK, SUCH AS A JUVENILE RECORD. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO REPLYS OR READS THIS

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If it is a violent crime then I believe it should raise a few eyebrows, but if the person has rehabilitated themselves I do believe they should be given a second chance.

Background checking is good and important, but should be interpreted carefully.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

My hospital (a children's hospital) requires background checks on all employees and all students who come here ... and every year, there are a couple who come up positive. When that happens, we then carefully the consider the risk that person poses to the children under our care and make a decision accordingly. For example, we might not have "any problem" with a person who committed a "yourthful indiscretion" many years ago -- but we would not allow someone with a recent history of violence to come.

As we tell anyone who balks at our required background checks, "If you were a parent leaving your child in our care, would you want them to be cared for by a child molester?" We feel we HAVE to check -- it would be unethical for us not to check. -- and I don't care how long ago someone last molested a child, I still don't want them working here.

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Specializes in Renal, Haemo and Peritoneal.
Background checking is good and important, but should be interpreted carefully.

This is THE best answer!

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