Will an Other than Honorable discharge for Marijuana, stop you from getting a job as a nurse?

Yes, absolutely. They background check you extensively in nursing. However, no worries..it's a stupid field to get into anyway. Pay is horrible, no jobs, africans/jamaicans come here and steal the jobs for dirt cheap prices...and it's the most abusive field EVER.

No, Cherry's totally wrong. If you don't claim any military experience, your be ok. Just mark any military questions as N/A. The college or nursing school does not have access to your military records. If its not a matter of record on civilian criminal history. Then you will have no problems. The records check is just a background check for criminal history. The details for your military discharge will not show up. They do not do a high level FBI check. I say go for it. I've seen to many young men and women not obtain schooling due to **** that happened in military service. I served 12 years but I realize everyone makes mistakes. It should not be held against them for life. So you smoked a little weed and got a OTH. The only thing that could get in your way is if you were charged with a felony. If it was just a OTH discharge for the weed. Just sign up for the classes, don't say a thing about the military and your be ok. Start fresh then apply for an upgrade on your OTH.

If you did not lose your license (or lose it permanently at least), and this is your first offense, then all is not lost (more than one offense is not hopeless either, but complicates things). I would recommend classes, counseling, etc. I would caution you, though; finding a job may become a lot harder if this discharge was recent. As time passes, the significance of it will decrease. This is especially true after you find that first job to show that you're taking full responsibility and performing adequately.

Everyone makes mistakes. In nursing, lost trust can be hard to regain, but it can happen.

Also, I recommend talking with your state board of nursing. They can perhaps give you particulars and advise you better than I ever could.