I have said it multiple times here on this blog and I will continue to say it until I am blue in the face but if you graduated from a LPN or RN training program, there is no guarantee you will receive a license if you have criminal convictions.
What should you do?
If you have criminal convictions and you are graduating from a LPN or RN program, contact a nurse license defense attorney in your state before you submit your application for licensure to the State Nursing Board.
Moreover if:
1. You have to appear before the State Nursing Board r/t to suitability for licensure, i.e. you answered in the affirmative and the Board wants to speak with you;
2. You must meet with State Nursing Board investigators or staff to further discuss your situation; or
3. You are contacted by an attorney from the State Nursing Board related to your application
maybe you need to retain an attorney now instead of waiting until your application for licensure is DENIED. Yes, the State Nursing Board can deny your license and then afford you with a hearing.
Applying for a nursing license with a criminal conviction(s) even misdemeanor can be grounds for the denial of your application for licensure. Retain an attorney who can evaluate your situation and case objectively.
Okay what does NCLEX-Applicants and criminal convictions have to do with potato salad.
Who made the potato salad? You need to watch this movie, its one of my favorite comedy's after Friday with Chris Tucker. I laugh because honestly this is a question asked (even if its whispered) at most of my family and/or friend functions. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452706/
I attended a picnic the other day and my cousin remarked "whoever made the potato salad put her foot in it."
Now, my first impression being the nerd I can be at times, was how nasty! I thought to myself I knew I shouldn't have tasted any of the potato salad because everyone can't make potato salad. Buying potato salad from Kroger's, Biggs, Walmart, Sam's, other another grocery and adding items "isn't making potato salad" where I am from, sorry!
Then I had to consider the context because I didn't have my urban dictionary with me and it meant the potato salad was good. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=put%20your%20foot%20in%20it
I tasted it and it was dry. How in the hell do you make dry potato salad? As I said not everyone can make potato salad and I don't eat everyone's potato salad, sorry!
If you make potato salad then you know you really need to know what you are doing to get the taste you want. You can't fake the funk with homemade potato salad. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fake-the-funk
Damn the measuring, you need to know how to cut, dice, mix, boil, peel, and add seasoning to get it just right. You have to go for what you know when you make potato salad! That's why its so difficult to make really good and creamy potato salad. I can "make" potato salad. Its a badge I wear proudly, thank you very much.
You don't know if something just ain't right with the potato salad really until the end. The same with licensure with some State Nursing Boards as the Board may not review your suitability for licensure until you graduate from school and submit your application for licensure. You stepped in something mushy and it has a smell: its potato salad.
Some will say I got into nursing school, I didn't have any BIG issues with clinicals and therefore I know I am in the home stretch with obtaining a license from the State Nursing Board. You really put your foot in the potato salad if you proceed on the blind assumption that you will obtain a RN or LPN license even though you have a felony and/or misdemeanor conviction(s) just because you were accepted into a nursing program. Speak with a nurse license defense attorney in your State if you have criminal conviction(s) and you are considering nursing school or if you are in a LPN or RN program. Remember the potato salad.
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