ZB-RN

Dishes, thank you for updates!

i am not sure if it was just my case, but it was amazing!

bobacia, please refer to several posts above where I briefly outlined my process. I was not given an option of OSCE. I was offered to go to school. I wrote an appeal within a specified timeframe and in a couple of month I received registration papers.

tell me about it! Haha

hi, sorry I have not been updating. From NNAS I received a "somewhat compatible" assessment. Later I submitted to CNO but was denied registration stating on my lack of education and listing competencies I was missing. I decided to appeal that and apply to York at the same time as a back up. About 3 month later CNO reversed their decision and now I am lisenced! I am still staying in the US for a little while though.

Hi Vishim, I am in a very similar situation but I have not taken the OSCE. There are only a few schools you can go to to fill in your gaps. I have looked into Mohawk, Centennial, George Brown and York. Most of the colleges have 1-2 year programs and then you have to continue to a University to complete BScN. York is the only University in Toronto area that offers program for IENs to get them straight to Bachelor's degree. With the new competency gaps coverage program, as dishes mentioned, only covers so much and you might not qualify for it based on the list of gaps. Also, it is not coming till next May.

Yes, Care was the most responsive of all. I am going to meet with them in-person next week. CNO was not able to answer my questions and I had to leave a message for my reviewer.

I already emailed York, Mohawk and Fanshawe. Algonquin is a bit far for me. This week seems to be the worst for this since a lot of people are on vacation. =(

I just sat down and started calling every college on the list of CNO. So far the success is minimal. I also recounted competencies that I am missing one by one from the CNO letter. My count came down to 66... Is that better??

No, there is not a 100 competencies different. 340/440 would make my percent match to 75. In fact, the competencies that I have missing are the exact 100 competencies that are listed in the Entry to Practice Competencies PDF on the college website. The whole document has 100 and it is hard for me to believe that I am missing all of them.

I have 440 items total that were reviewed. The math appeared to be correct. For Example: Requirement 1: Responsibility and Accountability: 56% match 1.1: Roles and responsibilities: 6/14 at 43% 1.2: Scope and Competency: 5/10 at 50% 1.3: Professional Behaviors: 5/7 at 71% 1.4: Research/Evidence-Based Practice: 6/10 at 60% And the whole report goes on and on. Does this makes sense to you?

Yea, there was a breakdown of competencies in NNAS report: Responsibility and accountability: 56% Knowledge-Based practice: 69.7% Ethical practice: 60.5% Service to public: 47% Self-Regulation: 41.5% Is the total number of competencies a 100?? I the document Entry to practice Competencies from CNO it lists 100.

I will send an email to CNO today. dishes, thank you so much for your answers! I was so frustrated after getting this letter. I am strongly inclined to appeal. I want CNO to see all of my syllabi and matching texts of competencies.

I am visiting next week. Yes, I am a Canadian PR. I was also just looking again at my letters from CNO and noticed that on the very 1st letter they name my colleges by their full corresponding name. On the 2nd letter, however, they name them differently. Should this concern me?

Dishes, Both phone calls are on my calendar for Monday at 9 00. =) I am also confused by why I have so many competencies to fill in. My NNAS report was compatible at 54.9%. I am wondering if CNO was missing syllabi. I searched my Med-Surg II syllabus and searched one of the words from competencies 1, 2, 3 and pretty much they matched in the section from clinical rotation evaluation and performance exam evaluation. I am inclined to submit an appeal just to make sure CNO has all the pertinent information that they are entitled to from my schools. I read the other thread but I think its not my case. I was satisfied with Somewhat Compatible report since many other forums I was reading people were getting Not Compatible.

Dishes, I am currently in the US. I am planning to make an appointment at York and UofT just to see what they say next week. I also wanted to talk to CARE about this and if they could provide me with some insight.

dishes, The letter does not specifically told me that I have to take the IEN program, just told me to look ok the link that lists all the colleges.

dishes, yes, I read a lot about NNAS before submitting. I printed ALL syllabi from every nursing class that I took and they were sent from my school along with other required paperwork.

Hi dishes, Thank you for your input. I gradulated less then a year ago and was not able to work as of yet. I know about York program. In the letter, there was nothing about choosing a bridging program specifically, just a link to all schools that have nursing programs in Ontario. I was not expecting that I will be sent back to school for the full bridge program.

Hi everyone, I am US educated RN which Bachelor's degree applying to CNO. I received my NNAS assessment as "Somewhat Compatible". In July I passed Jurisprudence exam and just a few days ago I received an assessment from CNO. The letter states that I need to go back to school and take classes to fulfill 100 competencies. My questions are: -Has anyone appealed CNO registration decision? -Has anyone taken classes fulfill these competencies and how long did it take you? What school did you go to? -Did anyone used CARE help with any part of the process? Thank you, I appreciate all the information I can get at this point. ZB

I have not received my results yet, I started the process in November, they are so backed up on mail, its very difficult to be so patient.

Thank you for your input, I realized that this is a LOOOONG and tedious process. I am glad to hear that the person that you know got registered with no problems!

Yes, you have to put a dates when you took NCLEX, when you passed it. Another question states is this a lifetime practice license/registration... In NY State the license itself is lifetime, but the registration does expire every 3 years or so.... So I am a bit confused by this question.

It seems like assessment will take a while but I am going to start now so no time is wasted. Another question. U.S. licenses are lifetime, but have registration that expires every 3 years or so. What is the best answer in the licensing part of the application? If anyone is aware please let me know.

My 1st education was not a diploma degree, it was Associate's 2 year RN. Now I completed bridge program and have BSN.