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 :)

Hi fellow nurses. I need an advise. Here is my scenario. So I will be doing my Competency-based program on 30th of october until july 20th 2018 to complete the gaps that i have failed. I was so happy to get into the program knowing that only that and jurisprudence exam and maybe ielts are what I need to become license here in Canada since I already have taken and passed NCLEX. But upon browsing this chat room I got really heart broken learning that i still need to take the clinical program :'(

I am really heart broken right now, so after i finished the consortium program i still need to enroll for clinical program which i dont know where to enroll to or for how long? I leave my kid back in the philippines hoping that after a year i may able to work as a nurse and finally i can get him back.But adding additional study,too much.Damn it. Sorry guys,just a bit down right now.

Please help me fellow nurses. Appreciate it much.

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My last practice was in Dec of 2013, but I went back to philippines few months ago to try and see if life will be good there so I worked there for 3 months and have decided to comeback here again. My question is, will 3 months work at an eye clinic as a nurse be enough for the clinical evidence cno is looking for? Pls.help.thank you very much.

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My last practice was in Dec of 2013, but I went back to philippines few months ago to try and see if life will be good there so I worked there for 3 months and have decided to comeback here again. My question is, will 3 months work at an eye clinic as a nurse be enough for the clinical evidence cno is looking for? Pls.help.thank you very much.

CNO does not require nurses to have worked a set amount of hours in the three year time period. If your eye clinic employer provides proof that you were employed as registered nurse while working in the eye clinic then it should be accepted by CNO as proof of recent practice. The information CNO requires to determine if you meet the evidence practice requirements is listed on their website under 'RN applicants; evidence of practice' . The letter from your employer to the CNO, should show how you met the evidence requirements by providing examples of;

how you used your nursing knowledge, skill and judgement while working in the eye clinic.

how you applied the standards of practice while working in the eye clinic.

how you affected directly or indirectly delivery of health care services to clients while working at the eye clinic.

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Hi Ben

Good Luck on your assessment. To be honest, I don't know that anything would have helped prepare for the SLA, short of having access to a simulation lab and a instructor to go through simulations with you. I didn't do well on it at all, but I don't think reading more textbooks prior to the assessment would have helped me get over the stage-fright/nerves that caused me to panic so badly. NCAS has examples of some of the nursing documentations they use on their website, it's worth it to be familiar with them. I suppose practicing on your friends and family if possible would be an option as well, but I think that largely depends on the acting skills of those involved.

I have heard back from CRNBC now and have been given the option to do the 1 year bridging program despite my appalling performance on the SLA, which is the best I could have hoped for I suppose. I have until 2020 to complete this. If I complete the course by September 2020 it will have been a 4.5 year journey to gain registration in BC from when I first submitted my payment to NNAS in May 2016.

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Hi Ben

...do the 1 year bridging program despite my appalling performance on the SLA, which is the best I could have hoped for I suppose. I have until 2020 to complete this. If I complete the course by September 2020 it will have been a 4.5 year journey to gain registration in BC from when I first submitted my payment to NNAS in May 2016.

I'm wondering, will you be able to get into the program by Sept 2019? Any idea of how long the wait list is? I'm just wondering if they are setting realistic/plausible timelines for applicants.

Glad they didn't just deny your application though. Good to know people get more opportunities.

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I sure hope that I will be able to get into the program by 2019! The website doesn't mention wait lists, but does say it is competitive and that they are not under any obligation to accept your application despite the recommendation by CRNBC. That would be a real kick in the teeth if after all this I couldn't even get onto the program on time! I did notice that the program does state though that they only accept applications from those with Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residency though, so it might really leave it tight for those who haven't sorted their immigration by this stage.

I've emailed the university with some questions before I move forward with the application, I will update you when I get a reply if there is any mention of timelines.

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Hi Ben

Good Luck on your assessment. To be honest, I don't know that anything would have helped prepare for the SLA, short of having access to a simulation lab and a instructor to go through simulations with you.

According to a poster on another thread, Kwantlen offers a 'nurse ready' program that includes practicing in the lab, it might help IENs who are preparing for the ncas to get on the right track with their studying.

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Hello Parasol,

Thank you for the advice and I am sorry to hear about your stage-fright/nerves. It's a shame they don't také them into consideration. I assume this bridging course is a university run one? Can you work as a provisional registered nurse at least?

What a long journey hey!

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Hi @dishes

Thank you for your reply. So I should ask my employer to send my job description to CNO? I kinda at lost now,been emailing CNO,George Brown(asking if they offer safe practice courses only), and also the coordinator of the program for competency based program. I am still waiting for CNO' s response. George Brown saying i have to take a lot of courses,I mean what good is it to take the Competency based if I have to take more and more courses. Hope for your replly again.

Regards

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@RN_Pro I have had a email back from the university with no mention of wait lists, so I am assuming there isn't one. If I hear other wise I will update further.

@Dishes I had a quick look at that "Nurse Ready" program from Kwantlen. It sounds brilliant and I don't doubt for a second that it would have helped immensely with my nerves and to prepare for the SLA. It says you attend 18 hours/week of lab classes for three weeks plus online learning and is catered for each students individual needs. Since Kwantlen is also the University that offers the one year refresher program that CRNBC, I imagine "Nurse Ready" would be a high quality program.

@BenGruss Thank you. I do actually think they took my nerves into account. At the time I was offered additional time for a break between scenarios to try and get myself together. In my opinion the assessment was well conducted and the scenarios were fair. I just buckled under the pressure, but it wasn't the fault of anybody at NCAS. I'm also grateful that CRNBC has given me the opportunity to do the refresher program despite my awful (but fair) report from NCAS. I'm thinking of it positively in that having education specific to Nursing in Canada will make my transition in working in a new country and environment go that much more smoothly and less stressful. We are never done learning as nurses anyway, so a few more months of school are just going to do nothing except make me a better nurse :-)

There are two universities that CRNBC endorses to do it's supplementary education- Kwantlen and Thompson Rivers. There is however, no option for provisional registration while this education is being completed.

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Hi @dishes

Thank you for your reply. So I should ask my employer to send my job description to CNO? I kinda at lost now,been emailing CNO,George Brown(asking if they offer safe practice courses only), and also the coordinator of the program for competency based program. I am still waiting for CNO' s response. George Brown saying i have to take a lot of courses,I mean what good is it to take the Competency based if I have to take more and more courses. Hope for your replly again.

Regards

No don't ask your employer to send your job description to CNO, wait until CNO sends you a letter advising you what your next steps are. Ditto for George Brown and the RN competencies program, you need a letter of direction from the CNO before you can apply to IEN education programs. If the CNO has already advised you to take the rncompetencies program, then take that program.

You may need to wait until you are finished the rncompetencies program and are on the last steps of the application process, before you need to provide further proof of recent practice (if required). Did your employer send a letter to nnas when you were undergoing your nnas assessment? If so, that may be enough to satisfy the proof of recent practice requirement. When is the last time you worked as a RN? when will your proof of recent practice expire?

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Hi @dishes

My documents were assessed by Touchstone last 2014, and yes my employer sent the letter to them(worked 2005 to 2009).But I have recently worked again back home for 3 months (2017) and i have yet to ask letter from them if ever i will be needing one.I got a letter from CNO reg the Competency based program,so I enrolled since I only have 2 gaps and will start end of Oct. After completing the courses what will be my next step? I know i need to take jurisprudence exam but do i need to take ielts again?because my english exam was wayback in 2009. If ever i finished all of the tests and the Competency courses the only thing I am lacking is my safe pratice. I hope CNO ask for my recent safe practice so I can ask my employer to send it.

Regards

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