NNAS experience?

dishes, BSN, RN · Nov 16, 2016

@Tabs, Performance appraisals are evaluations of employees skills and achievements and areas where improvement is needed. Many employers have checklist forms with ratings, the forms are completed by the manager and reviewed with the employee, then kept in a file in the human resources department.

Tabss · Nov 16, 2016

@Tabs, Performance appraisals are evaluations of employees skills and achievements and areas where improvement is needed. Many employers have checklist forms with ratings, the forms are completed by the manager and reviewed with the employee, then kept in a file in the human resources department.

No...there is nothing as such

dishes, BSN, RN · Nov 16, 2016

I am unable to get detailed job description from one of the hospital where I worked back in 2006 for 2 years required for RPN application to CNO..
I have sent JDs from all others. ...What should I do? I am currently working.

If you have job descriptions for your nursing employment from 2008 to present, I don't think the lack of job description from the 2006 job will matter to CNO. The reason you need to submit the proof of recent nursing practice is to be eligible to do the Competency Assessment Supplement (CAS). IENs who have work experience and whose NNAS report is somewhat comparable for PN are usually directed by CNO to do a CAS.

Mockingkay · Nov 16, 2016

@Mockingkay
Hmmm... That is definitely strange. I would inquire with CNO again because I have had situations where I have had 3 different answers from 3 different people. There seems to be a whole lot of "individual basis" stuff going on when it comes to IEN registration and I'm not sure there is as much of a standard procedure for IENs as one might expect. I agree with @dishes--ask about your MSN counting as experience because I think it will--it shows you were 'in the game' recently. Keep us posted please!

Oops. It seems that I got the results mixed up. So the CPRNE + continuing education + clinical hours is for my RPN application and OSCE is for RN application.

I didn't have an inkling that when you're eligible to take CPRNE, you still have to have additional education.

medray34 · Nov 19, 2016

Hey all,

I am also an American Travel RN. I was thinking about getting a Canadian RN license, but I am not interested anymore thanks to all your comments. :yes:

I wonder why y'all American RNs would waste your precious time, money , and effort on such a scam.

RN_Pro · Nov 22, 2016

Does anybody know/remember whether when the baccalaureate requirement came into play, those that had already begun their college nursing program were grandfathered in? Ie: those who were, let's say, half way through their nursing program that would not result in a BScN but would allow them to write the licensing exam when a degree became the new requirement; were they still allowed to write the exam once they successfully completed their program or were they required to go back and start a BScN program in order to apply for licensure?

dishes, BSN, RN · Nov 22, 2016

Does anybody know/remember whether when the baccalaureate requirement came into play, those that had already begun their college nursing program were grandfathered in? Ie: those who were, let's say, half way through their nursing program that would not result in a BScN but would allow them to write the licensing exam when a degree became the new requirement; were they still allowed to write the exam once they successfully completed their program or were they required to go back and start a BScN program in order to apply for licensure?

The Canadian Nurses Association has a table listing when each province moved from diploma to baccalaureate as entry to practice. The baccalaureate became a requirement in Ontario in 2005, Ontario nurses who were already licensed were grandfathered in.

Tabss · Nov 23, 2016

Effective Sep 22, 2016...... CNO will assess your RN education after NNAS report and will inform you if you need to go for OSCE or not. Although, you can opt for OSCE in parallel too.

Earlier , everyone has to go through OSCE by default

RN_Pro · Nov 24, 2016

Thanks for the new info @Tabss. Really important to know! What is the criteria for them now deciding that some people will have their RN education assessed by CNO after NNAS? It seems a bit willy nilly that some people can get a CNO assessment and others can't. Just wondering what the things are that determine that. Any ideas?

Also, @dishes, do you know if those who began their college nursing program before baccalaureate was required but would have finished the program after 2005 were approved? Or did they have to re-start their nursing education at a first year baccalaureate level and get a degree in order to be eligible to be registered? Or, were there a significant number of years between the announcement and the implementation of the baccalaureate requirement? Thank you!

Tabss · Nov 24, 2016

The exact words of Letter from CNO are ....".....CNO approved a change in the process used to assess if a RN applicant possesses nursing knowledge, skill and judgement equivalent to that required of a current graduate of an approved Canadian program "

No further details are there in the letter

dishes, BSN, RN · Nov 24, 2016

Also, @dishes, do you know if those who began their college nursing program before baccalaureate was required but would have finished the program after 2005 were approved? Or did they have to re-start their nursing education at a first year baccalaureate level and get a degree in order to be eligible to be registered? Or, were there a significant number of years between the announcement and the implementation of the baccalaureate requirement? Thank you!

There was over a decade between the announcement and the implementation of the baccalaureate requirement. Nursing schools accepted their last intake of diploma students in 2001-2002 they wrote the CRNE in 2015. There was also a rush for IENs (who understood the implications of the change in entry to practice) to submit their applications before January 2005.

If you look at the CNO membership statistics(2014), you can see during the 2005-2014 time period, the highest number of initial registrations was in 2005. Applicants who applied prior to January 1,2005 were the last ones to have their education assessed as equivalent to a diploma nursing education. Just as an added piece of information, Ontario's diploma nursing program was three years, while other provinces had two year diploma programs.

The Ontario educated 2006 CRNE exam writers were baccalaureate educated. Many IENs (except US educated) who applied to CNO from January 2005 until the present, have experienced difficulty with CNO deeming their education equivalent to a baccalaureate degree. US educated nurses only experienced difficulty with education equivalency after NNAS was implemented.

lkm812 · Nov 25, 2016

I have taken the IENCAP today ! It's my worst day I have ever had.

It's really a torture day! I don't think those with entry level can have no mistakes when they need to go through about 6 hours exams.

The food they provided were cold.. no hot drink.. only cool water.. no tissue paper allowed to bring into the venue.. only one box of tissues for 50 candidates.. not enough washrooms and not enough washroom break ! are they not considering humanity ? they only concern communication skills ......

Any university students need to take 6 hours exam in one day and not allow to leave the venue by the time, can't talk, forced to eat the disgusting lunch, cold drink in Canada winter time, the room temperature is cool.. can't fix the heat over 4 hours and made lots of candidates got cold.. and needed to ask for several times then allow few of us to get back the coat.. everyone of us were wearing nurse attire.. short sleeves and thin cloth..

How can we get a good results..

after 95 MCQ questions.. i have already exhausted due to the chills, then feeling nausea after having the disgusting sandwiches. Afterthat, the 12 stations OSCE has already made me pass out..

If anyone can pass the exam, I can only say the questions stem has already been spread out...

If they really want to earn money, they'd better allow all the applicants to take a 1 - 1.5 years courses to make a win-win situation. They can open up more lecturer/ professor position in all universities, can train all the IEN to become their model like Canadian Nurse, ... >.