US IEN applying to CNO

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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

Is the total number of competencies a 100?? I the document Entry to practice Competencies from CNO it lists 100.

I don't know, in the article entitled A New Model for Assessing Entry-Level Education of Internationally Educated Nurses: A Retrospective Perspective, Journal of Nursing Regulation, by F. A. Shaffer (2016) the NNAS tool was developed from the national entry to practice competencies and a representative sample of Canadian nursing program curricula. More than 300 individual nursing concepts were grouped together to form larger categories of nursing concepts or dimensions. These dimensions were categorized as entry-to-practice national competencies.

Trying to gain a clear understanding of the NNAS assessment, reminds me of the story of 'The blind men and the elephant' It's like I am blind and can only feel certain parts of the elephant (assessment). Does it seem that way to you?

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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.

Does the advisory report contain fractions in addition to percentages? For example Responsibility and accountability 7/12, 56%

If the report contains fractions, did you add up the denominators of all of the domains? How much is the total?

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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?

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Yes, that makes sense, does it look like CNO used the math to determine the 100 competency deficiencies? ie your score was 340/440?

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Yes, that makes sense, does it look like CNO used the math to determine the 100 competency deficiencies? ie your score was 340/440?

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.

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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??

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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??

You will still need to go to school for IEN bridging, instead of calling the colleges on the list can you email the IEN coordinators at Algonquin, Mohawk, Fanshawe and York?

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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. =(

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Yes, they start school next week.

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Were you able to reach anyone at CARE?

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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.

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Hi ZB, Have you found out anymore details about the IEN bridging programs? Do you have any better idea which schools you will be applying to?

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