evidence of nursing practice

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hello everyone i'm new on this site and french speaking so sorry for my "bad" english

my question is for a friend of mine. she 's applying at CNO and she receive a letter with an evidence of practice that expire on december 2017. After that she receive a call from CNO and they say that her evidence is already expire but she does not receive any letter to confirm the call. She works as Nurse Cepi in Québec until 2015. So can she still running for NCLEX or not? thanks

It is roughly 18 months. Not less than that. Am doing the same now. It is a lot of stress and money.

I was thinking is that could be shorter than 18mths because I passed INECAP ? have you hear someone did shorter education course ?

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I was thinking is that could be shorter than 18mths because I passed INECAP ? have you hear someone did shorter education course ?

My dear, the school will have to give you their own timetable, you can't beat it faster than the stipulated time, you will also have to do 2 clinical placements, each last for 4 months which is 2 semesters. The number of courses you will do again ranges from 9-12 or more which you have to complete in 3-5 semesters before you will be due for clinical placement. You can not do it shorter than the time the school will give you. It feels like hell sometimes because it is a repetition of what you have already done. You can be eligible to write the nclex but you can not work even if you pass until you finish the program for Evidence of practice. So inquire from them if you are eligible to write the nclex before you could finish your evidence of safe practice so you can start studying for it same time you are doing the program. It is really a long process indeed, but keep hope alive, one day it will be over. Goodluck.

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Hi,

I have some questions about the proof of practice if you are able to answer. I passed my NCLEX-RN in Ontario, however my proof of practice will be expiring soon (and language proficiency is already expired). Someone else mentioned that I would likely have to do continuing education for another year but since you said that other provinces the time limit is 5 years I am wondering if this is possible for me to do instead? The problem though would be I'm not officially licensed until my language proficiency and proof of practice is completed with CNO :/ ...how would I transfer licensure to another province then? And is there a transfer fee as well? Or perhaps maybe this is all too much a hassle and I should redo a year in Ontario? -__-.

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Okay, let me see if I have this correct. RN_ismytitle, you're saying you've passed your NCLEX-RN but are NOT registered with CNO yet. Your language proficiency has expired and your evidence of practice is going to expire next month (May 2018). And you're only trying to sort this out now and looking for shortcuts or workarounds. Unfortunately, if you have never been registered as a nurse in Canada, applying for registration in any other province isn't going to be of much help. There are fees for this, fairly significant fees. Manitoba, for example, charges an application fee of $525. Then there are other fees that follow. Yes, other provinces have a 5 year evidence-of-practice policy, but they also are going to need to review all of your documentation and assess your education via your NNAS file because you're not registered in Canada yet. That will take time because you'll have to have your educational documentation and verification of registration from all previous jurisdictions forwarded to the College from the source - no copies permitted. You'll also have to submit a current criminal records check from every country you have lived in. And you might have to submit to a clinical competence assessment too. You will still have to retake your language proficiency examination to move forward. It looks like the only way forward is through.

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Hi,

I have some questions about the proof of practice if you are able to answer. I passed my NCLEX-RN in Ontario, however my proof of practice will be expiring soon (and language proficiency is already expired). Someone else mentioned that I would likely have to do continuing education for another year but since you said that other provinces the time limit is 5 years I am wondering if this is possible for me to do instead? The problem though would be I'm not officially licensed until my language proficiency and proof of practice is completed with CNO :/ ...how would I transfer licensure to another province then? And is there a transfer fee as well? Or perhaps maybe this is all too much a hassle and I should redo a year in Ontario? -__-.

My dear, there is no short cut to this. You must do it continuing education program for you to obtain proof of practice. I am currently doing the same course. Proof of English proficiency is basic, you must provide that so it is the College that you will do the evidence of nursing practice that will provide the proof of English proficiency for you. The course is roughly 18 months, because the two clinical practice will take out 8 consecutive months. Your number of course could range from 9-12. NotReady4PrimeTime, is correct in everything she said. Just believe in God to help you or else you get discouraged. It will only take time and money,you are lucky you have passed the Nclex, so go ahead and do whatever to get your RN Licence. I hope this helps.

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Are you currently taking it at George Brown college? If you don't mind can I get your email as I have some questions to ask? Thanks

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On 4/7/2018 at 11:42 AM, RN_ismytitle said:

Are you currently taking it at George Brown college? If you don't mind can I get your email as I have some questions to ask? Thanks

Hi there, did you end up taking it at George Brown?

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