Does the Nursing Board consider a nurse guilty when he/she has an attorney?

No. I previously worked for the Texas Medical Board and I know that whether you have an attorney or not does not impact how your case is viewed - the Board has received a complaint and they must investigate it. This seems to come up frequently and it may be one of the causes as to why so many nurses go before the Board unrepresented (a VERY RISKY thing to do).

LaTonia Denise Wright, R.N., a nurse attorney that represents nurses in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, also discusses this issue in her "My 2 cents worth"blog