NNAS experience?

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Does anybody have any experience with NNAS? So far, I've read the site but it would be great to hear from people who have gone through the process :)

I commenced my application 19 months ago and have recently received my report.... I am also interested in hearing about experiences with the CNO jurisprudence exam.

What did your NNAS Advisory Report say? Non-comparable, somewhat comparable, or comparable?

From what I have heard, jurisprudence is fine--it's an open book exam. I have been studying the content and it all seems fair and sensible. It's the type of stuff that once you read it, you don't forget it.

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The competencies, standards, and to refresh ourselves on assessments.

In addition to reviewing the CNO competencies and standards, also consider looking at resources that are on other Canadian nursing regulatory body websites and IEN competency asssement providors such as;

CRNBC-case studies and practice resources

ncasbc.ca-resources-general all roles, RN roles

CARNA-professional resources case studies, 10 videos on What nursing is like in Canada topics include Discharge Teaching, Culturally Sensitive Issues, Inter-professional Team, Communicating, Patient Refusal of Care, Total Assessment, Code, Advocating for Patient Rights, Reporting Errors.

Saskpolytech IEN SEC assessment clinical judgement self assessment (6 scenarios)

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Congrats on passing! I am wondering how you prepped for the OSCE? Any specific resources?

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Hi RN_Pro,

My initial nursing education from Hong Kong. and work in Hong Kong for 15 years specialized in Ortho, last 4 years as a clinical instructor in nursing school.

Working in nursing school gave me lots of chance to revise my knowledge and practice the OSCE

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I need to take care my 2 year old daughter after resignation and resided to Canada. Therefore, I really didn't have much time to study even though Ive bought all the text books.

The reason I can pass the exam, i think Ive spent alot of time to understand Canadian culture. That is really true. Their speaking style, politeness, etc. Apart from this, spent time to read the CNO page and know the recent medical issue, policy changes, etc. For the knowledge, just the same as i've learnt in Hong Kong. So don' t need to worry. Try to revise some knowledge and skills on Physical examination is enough. Prepare how to communicate with patient and colleagues is far more important than nursing knowledge haha

If you don't have any language barrier, than the IENCAP should not be a problem :)

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RNAO best practice guidelines was on the list of things to study - i've been skimming through them.

I think it's safe to say we should all be comfortable with therapeutic communication, abdominal assessments, mini mental status exams, substance abuse, respiratory assessments. I think just being comfortable doing focused assessments.

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Try to revise some knowledge and skills on Physical examination is enough. Prepare how to communicate with patient and colleagues is far more important than nursing knowledge haha

If you don't have any language barrier, than the IENCAP should not be a problem :)

I have heard others describe the OSCE the same way- "knowing how to communicate with patients and colleagues is a very important", I agree communication is a big part of patient safety competency in healthcare teams. There is an article on pilot testing an OSCE to assess patient safety competency, entitled 'Development and testing of an objective structured clinical exam (OSCE) to assess socio-cultural dimensions of patient safety competency' by Liane Ginsberg, Deborah Tregunno et al BMJ journals, Quality and Safety, Volume 24, issue 3. In the pilot study students were tested at four different stations, 1. Near miss DVT, 2. Complex discharge, 3. Challenging authority, 4.Medication error disclosure. The competencies assessed in the stations were communication, team work, managing risk and culture.

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The Fair Registration Practice Report Nurses for 2016 is available on CNO. It mentions some of the changes that have been observed by posters on this thread, such as;

Amendments to licensing exam- NCLEX-RN unlimited attempts

Nursing education assessment- When the NNAS report indicates that the applicant meets the required level of equivalence, the College will no longer conduct additional assessments.

Additional alternatives for meeting nursing education requirement-RN applicants now have the option to complete other nursing education before, or instead of, being evaluated by Touchstone Institute

The above are just a few of the changes, if you are interested in seeing all the changes that took place in 2016, suggest you read the report.

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If anyone is interested in attending a nursing and allied health care job fair, there is a Marskell Group job fair coming up on March 5th in Ottawa and March 9th in Toronto (see healthcareersinteraction.com). According to the job fair questions/answers, 'you do not need to be planning a career search immediately, you can come and check out what opportunities are available to you.'

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Specializes in Surgical Nursing.
I'm a British RN.

Applied to NNAS under RN category on 29/01/16 FINALLY got my advisory report 14/01/17 almost one full year later!

It says COMPARABLE for canadian RN!!!!!!!!

OVER THE MOON!!!!

I just sent the fees to CNO for my RN registration.... what happens next?? What happens if you got a comparable report?? Will I have to sit the IENCAP or can I skip that and go on to do NCLEX-RN and other law exam.

Thanks everyone

Hi Jordanelaurel

May I ask when you qualified in the UK? And how much work experience you had prior to applying to NNAS last year?

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Hi Jordanelaurel

... And how much work experience you had prior to applying to NNAS last year?

Just fyi: work experience is not factored into the NNAS assessment at all. The only things that matter are your course syllabi. Even if you've been a nurse for 25 years.

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Specializes in Surgical Nursing.
Just fyi: work experience is not factored into the NNAS assessment at all. The only things that matter are your course syllabi. Even if you've been a nurse for 25 years.

Do you have any idea why they request employment history from applicants then?

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