I live in MO, and am a RN, my niece is completing the last week of LPN school. I just wanted some info of those who have had or know of similar experiences. She has been in and out of spats with the law, but got all that cleared, and got the go ahead for licensing, with one week of school left, with graduation on 07-20-07. Thursday night she went out drinking, and got arrested. ( I Prayed she would make it through school, and now one week away......... She is a good kid, but has had 3 kids with never marrying, and has lived on state aid, with voc rehab paying her way through LPN school. Her mom kicked her out of the house before she was 18, and put her in state custody. I was the only one who tried to help her. Her mother takes no responsibility, though she has three children by three different fathers, and has been married over 6 times . ) I have heard two stories, the first that the father of her last child, called her while she was out, and asked her to come over, and when she got there she found him with a girl, that she had a fight with. The second, that she kicked in the door and had a major fight with this girl, biting her ,and taking a big bite out of her arm. This past afternoon, my sister(her mother) came by and she had not be sentenced. The girl works in LTC facility. My questions are, wouldn't charges of assault, and whatever else prevent her from working as a nurse. IT would be a felony. Also, in the state of MO, I believe anybody wth any kind of abuse, assault on their background , cannot work in LTC facility either. I don't know anybody who has had these problems.\I don't need anybody to judge or express personal opinions, as , obviously, I am ashamed of her behavior, but would like to know if anybody is aware of ramifications. Thanks for help.
In addition, I know of a girl who graduated from RN school last year, who had been a heroin addict, and she was honest about it and the board denied her request to take NCLEX, However, she got an attorney and he said that she completed the court ordered treatment program, so the board reconsidered, and let her have a license > IT seems like nothing really keeps somebody from licensing, the first time. Perhaps I am wrong, but the cases like this I have heard about always get to take NCLEX.
I was always afraid of a traffic ticket, guess that has changed over the years.
At this point you've probably gotten the gist of people's opinions on this matter. For my part, it seems to me that if she's very lucky, another vocational rehab opportunity will come her way in something OTHER than healthcare, and she'll try again in a new field. She honestly does not sound suited to the demands nursing would place on her at this time.
As for whether she'd be able to sit for NCLEX, obviously that's a matter for the State BON. However, since this is not an old incident that she can show she's learned from, matured after, etc, I can't imagine she would get past it.
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At this point you've probably gotten the gist of people's opinions on this matter. For my part, it seems to me that if she's very lucky, another vocational rehab opportunity will come her way in something OTHER than healthcare, and she'll try again in a new field. She honestly does not sound suited to the demands nursing would place on her at this time.
As for whether she'd be able to sit for NCLEX, obviously that's a matter for the State BON. However, since this is not an old incident that she can show she's learned from, matured after, etc, I can't imagine she would get past it.