Originally Posted by
NurseRed
Hi everyone..today is my first day here and have been reading all these posts for hours today. Here is my issue, I was arrested 2 days ago for diverting narcotics, i am an LPN, my charge is called " Falsifying Business Records". I have no criminal history at all, i have left my current job by my choice. I was addicted to narcotics 3 yrs ago and sucessfuly finished treatment with an addiction phyciatrist ( this addiction was brought on by having back surgery) after the surgery i worked for almost 2yrs clean. But i made the mistake and gave into an urge to divert. I feel that my whole life and career are over. The first thing i did after the arrest was see my addiction phyciatrist to tell him the situation. My question is will i ever be able to work as a nurse again without this on my record? any advice is so greatly appreciated...thank you