The Iowa Board of Nursing has refused to issue a license to a Sioux City man convicted of child endangerment.
Court records show that in late October 2025, David Nseka, 33, of Sioux City was arrested on two counts of child endangerment after police alleged he left his two children, ages 1 and 3, alone in their apartment while he went to a doctor’s appointment.
Two weeks later, police reported they were called back to Nseka’s apartment complex when residents there stated that a 3-year-old girl was “running around the apartment hallways unattended for approximately 30 to 45 minutes” and they were not able to reach the child’s father, Nseka. After a manager at the complex let police into Nseka’s apartment, officers allegedly found him lying on the kitchen floor, smelling of alcohol and with multiple open containers of alcohol nearby.
Police reported that Nseka told them both of his daughters were in the bedroom of the apartment, but they later found the 1-year-old girl in the care of a neighbor. Nseka was charged with one count of child endangerment.
The two criminal cases were ultimately resolved with Nseka pleading guilty to two counts of child endangerment, resulting in a deferred judgment and one year of probation.
In December 2025, while the two cases were still pending, Nseka submitted an application to the Iowa Board of Nursing seeking licensure as a practical nurse. The board recently denied the application, stating that his “description of the events leading to the charges do not align with the police officers’ reports,” and that “there are concerns regarding (his) alcohol consumption.”
Nseka told the Iowa Capital Dispatch on Monday he intends to reapply for licensure once he has completed probation and court-ordered parenting classes.
