Jan. 1, 2005: Texas: Criminal checks lax in nursing, probe finds:"Many convicted of sex and drug offenses are still in the field, in violation of law. Scores of licensed nurses in Texas are convicted drug and sex offenders, and some of them are working in violation of state law, a newspaper investigation has found. An analysis by the Dallas Morning News found that 57 licensed Texas nurses are felony sex offenders, including 31 who are listed in the state sex-offender registry. About 140 nurses have felony drug records, and only about half of them hold current nursing licenses."
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...olitan/2973420

Most state Nursing Boards rely on "self reporting" of felonies, sex offenses, etc. on licensure applications, renewals because they don't have the funds to run the criminal checks themselves.

How scary is that?

Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.nursinga2z.com