I live in NY and am currently applying for nursing school.  I have a non criminal offense and wanted to know how this affects me becoming a LPN.  I know the school does not do background checks but the clinical sites do.  They do background checks and/or fingerprints.  I also wanted to know what is the difference between fingerprinting and background checks, i.e. what does one show that the other does not.  Does only a criminal background affect getting licensed or do they look at non criminal offenses too.  I need to know as much as possible.  Thank you so much. 

Sincerely,

Marissa