US IEN applying to CNO

[ZB-RN]

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

[dishes, BSN, RN]

Do you have work experience as a RN?

[dishes, BSN, RN]

In answer to your questions

Yes applicants have appealed CNO registration decisions and 0 decisions were changed following an appeal, see the nursingfairregpracticereport 2015, available on CNO website

Yes, IENs have taken bridging programs in Ontario, there are a few offered in Ontario, the one at York university is 20 months, it has a lengthy wait list.

Yes, IENs have used care for advice.

[dishes, BSN, RN]

Hi everyone,

I am US educated RN which Bachelor's degree applying to CNO.

I received my NNAS assessment as "Somewhat Compatible". I received an assessment from CNO.

The letter states that I need to go back to school and take classes to fulfill 100 competencies.

ZB

100 competencies is a lot, when you applied to NNAS did you watch the instruction video and do as they suggested, write a letter to your school(s) and specify that you need them to send ALL information? NNAS was not just comparing the theory, clinical and lab content and hours alone, they were comparing the national competencies. In order for NNAS to have done an accurate assessment of your education they needed documents from your school that showed your education was based on the competencies similar to the Canadian entry to practice competencies. If your results showed deficiencies in 100 competencies, I think it was because your school(s) sent brief descriptions of the courses, not 1-5 pages on each course and as a result NNAS could only rate your education as somewhat comparable.

If you do not have work experience as a RN in the US, CNO cannot refer you to do the OSCE, they can only refer you to take an IEN bridging program.

[ZB-RN]

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.

[dishes, BSN, RN]

As far as I know, there aren't any IEN bridging programs in Ontario that offer just a couple of courses, they all seem to have a similar number of core courses.

[dishes, BSN, RN]

Are you in Ontario now? Or are you still in the US applying for work?

[ZB-RN]

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.

[dishes, BSN, RN]

@ZB-RN, what is your understanding of CNO's letter, is it that you need to do a IEN bridging program? or that you need to duplicate your entire nursing education because they sent links to all the nursing programs in Ontario?

[dishes, BSN, RN]

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.

In Canada, the entry to practice competencies do three things; direct regulatory body expectations of nursing competence, direct nursing education program content, and guide development of minimal competency measurements related to the practice environment. In the US, I think the competencies guide the development of the NCLEX but I don't know if they direct nursing education programs. Do you know?

[ZB-RN]

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, BSN, RN]

ZB-RN there have been other posters whose US education was deemed not comparable to a Canadian BSN by NNAS, search tjonanas thread entitiled US trained BSN-RN license transfer to Canada

If Canadian nursing programs are based on the national entry to practices competencies and Canadian schools embed the language of the competencies into the curricula/syllabus. If American schools are based on the NCLEX competencies but they do not embed the language of the competencies into their curricula, than the problem with the NNAS assessment, may lie in the way each country describes their nursing program content, not in the content itself.