Unlucky multiple misdemeanors

[kem67]

I have the same problem but in only with ETOH. It is so embarrasing but what if you have four misdemeanors? One crazy summer when I was 20 I got 3 Minor in possessions and a DUI. I was 20 (come on!) with some horrible luck and poor choices. I think the summer after, I got in trouble for walking to the beach with a open beer in California. (I swear I get in trouble for stupid things.) Now I am 24 and will become a fresh 25 when I graduate. I have not been in trouble again since. I have been in school for 6 years and will finally finish at 7 (may, 2007). I personally, with the exception of the DUI, think all of these charges are sort of stupid but will the boards be so compassionate? I never go to work after partying. I managed to get this far in nursing school with excellent grades. Never been disciplined by a school or job. I am so excited to potentially become a nurse and I am like pretty much everybody, much much different from my wild 20th year of life. I have been in school for so long and just want to find my life and live it. It took me so long to discover what I want to do. To have it taken away by some stupid things I did when I was 20 seems criminal. Am I screwed?

kelly

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

hello, kem67,

two questions we seem to be encountering more and more often have to do with the effects of a criminal history on nursing licensure:

• is it possible to become licensed as a nurse if you have a criminal history?
  
• what happens if you are charged or convicted of a crime after licensure?

these are questions that can not be answered by the membership of allnurses. the only reliable source of information is your state board of nursing.

please refer to this thread for other information:

nursing licensure with a criminal history