US NCLEX vs. Canadian....what's the differences..if any

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I hope this isn't a stupid question but I heard from wherever that the NCLEX is called something else in Canada. Is this true? Is there a big difference in the questions? I took the NCLEX for fun....that's right..fun...on a Friday night (no life) and gave up. I borrowed a book from the library and got all cocky. :chuckle Some of the questions were all common sense and then I got stumped. Many many times.

I was going to post this in the Canadian nursing forum but there was also the student nursing forum and the pre-nursing forum so instead of posting it 3 times...I opted for here. Hope its cool. :)

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I am a Canadian, I have done the CNO exam 1993 and in 1994 did the NCLEX in Florida.

I found the US exam to be similar to Canada with the exception of lab values and to medications. I reviewed US lab values due to the difference from Imperial (US) and metric (Canada).

That is my two cents.

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NCLEX isn't called something else in Canada. It is only available in the US for licensure in the US. Canada has their own exam...............

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NCLEX isn't called something else in Canada. It is only available in the US for licensure in the US. Canada has their own exam...............

Yeah..I get it now.... :chuckle

I guess I should have asked what the licensing test is called in Canada.

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