When Laura Carlson graduates this spring with a nursing degree, she’ll likely have to subject herself to an FBI criminal background check before she can get a job in North Dakota. That doesn’t bother the 23-year-old Fargo resident at all.
“I think it’s a good idea, especially in our field,” the North Dakota State University nursing student said. “You have access to narcotics, and you have access to all the personal information in (a patient’s) life.
“Working in a hospital, in a professional atmosphere, they should know about us,” Carlson said.


