| A 40-year-old nursing assistant was suspected of | | | | deemed untrustworthy would ever have been |
| stealing money while she was employed at a | | | | hired. |
| nursing home in Winnebago, MN. She was charged | | | | Things happen sometimes after the employee |
| with misdemeanor theft after stealing money | | | | has been hired, and that's why it's important to |
| from residents and employees and admitting to it | | | | conduct random background check repeats for all |
| during police questioning. The woman pled guilty in | | | | current employees. Although this nursing assistant |
| court and faces three months in jail and a $1000 | | | | had a clean record when hired, that will now |
| fine. However, her real troubles are just about to | | | | change. Now that she's lost her job and was |
| begin. | | | | branded as a thief, a couple of bad decisions will |
| The nursing home management had all the | | | | follow her around forever, preventing her from |
| documentation in order, having followed the | | | | ever getting another nursing job. |
| routine state agency hiring procedure and | | | | The above account is based on actual events. A |
| conducted a criminal background check for this | | | | background check may protect peaceful citizens |
| employee, just like all other job applicants. | | | | from being deceived and/or harmed by a cunning |
| Working with the elderly is just about as sensitive | | | | criminal. |
| a position as working with children, so no one | | | | |