National Nursing Assessment Centre NNAS

[kreystiyanpoll]

It will take about 2 wks after your initial application before u receive a letter from CNO stating the status of your application and outstanding documents if there are any.

I applied to cno i havent got any confirmation email or anything how long would it take to hear from cno????
Please enlighten me

 

[kreystiyanpoll]

Most likely, if you are out of the 3. Years nursing safe practice, cno will require you to take courses

What can be the outcome of my application to cno as i have 4 years of employment gap...ty in advance

 

[TRUENORTH_4M_C2C]

Your post is bit confusing for me ... nevertheless , what I understood is ,

- I think they don't mark you fail ( correct me if I am wrong)... They identify the gaps in your competencies , & those gaps are equal to fail for you.

- I am not aware of any 10 months bridging course leading to RN license ..Been to Fanshawe/Mohawk website & couldn't get a single clue what they mean.

- I don't know that how come you applied for RN but they are giving you RPN license automatically . Can you please elaborate?

- What the purpose of taking admission in college ahead of OSCE ?

Hi, Thanks for your reply.

1. So how long is the duration of bridging program that leads to RN. I just want to know since i have applied only for RN. I see there are few programs on few college websites like Algonquin which offer 1 year bridging to IENs...what are they for?

2. Will CNO tell us what bridging program we should take and where we should take?

3. I hear that Touchstone institute is backed up till Feb,2017. My evidence of practice will expire in May, 2019. Does that mean i should complete my bridging course before May, 2019?

4. I have not received any dates for OSCE yet..but i assume that i may receive early next year after Feb,2017. Once my gaps are identified, i assume they will take 6-8weeks to let me know what i should do...then i go to the college for bridiging. If it's a 2 year program, then most probably i will graduate after my safe evidence of practice period ie., May, 2019. What happens to me then??

5. The way i see it..it looks like i'm chasing a ghost. Do you have any ideas/Suggestions that you think i should do differently so that i may work as a Nurse in this country without having to repeat the whole program and start afresh. But i Don't mind doing bridging course..1 or 2 years i'm Ok with it..

Thanks

 

[canada11]

1. So how long is the duration of bridging program that leads to RN. I just want to know since i have applied only for RN. I see there are few programs on few college websites like Algonquin which offer 1 year bridging to IENs...what are they for?

I find this http://health.uottawa.ca/bachelor-science-nursing-bridging-program-internationally-educated-nurses-algonquin-college for IEN nurses which is of 4 years out of which 1st year is being done in Algonquin. I wonder which 1 year IEN you are talking about.

2. Will CNO tell us what bridging program we should take and where we should take?

I assume they just forward you to take IEN course

3. I hear that Touchstone institute is backed up till Feb,2017. My evidence of practice will expire in May, 2019. Does that mean i should complete my bridging course before May, 2019?

When u send the email to CNO to be forwarded to Touchstone ? I got reply on 10 Sep 2016 from CNO that they have forwarded email Touchstone & they will get in touch with me for exam date. I hope we will get date somewhere mid of 2017

4. I have not received any dates for OSCE yet..but i assume that i may receive early next year after Feb,2017. Once my gaps are identified, i assume they will take 6-8weeks to let me know what i should do...then i go to the college for bridiging. If it's a 2 year program, then most probably i will graduate after my safe evidence of practice period ie., May, 2019. What happens to me then??

Your focus should be passing OSCE. Failing means back to school for minimum of two years of now. In either case fail or pass, your safe practice period is quite far away

5. The way i see it..it looks like i'm chasing a ghost. Do you have any ideas/Suggestions that you think i should do differently so that i may work as a Nurse in this country without having to repeat the whole program and start afresh. But i Don't mind doing bridging course..1 or 2 years i'm Ok with it..

Pass OSCE & then RN-NCLEX

Thanks

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[GODWILLDO]

Please helpme guys... I received my nnas report on last sunday... from then I was trying to apply to CRNBC (even today)..when I entered my nnas id and application number it says "information provided does not match our files .please try again or contact nnas". Have anyone faced such issue. What is the problem?.. can someone helpme pleaseee..
thanks.

 

[mikey8954]

Hi All

Ive been watching this forum with a mixed emotions since I submitted my NNAS application back in April 2016. Its been great to see other peoples journey through the process and I thought it might be useful to share mine.
I'm an RN, trained and registered in the UK and first obtained registration in 2004 (fortunately this meant no English Language test needed).
NNAS process:
NNAS registration 22nd April 2016
NNAS fully acknowledged receipt of all documents and application 'ready for review' 23rd June 2016 (6-8 week expected timescale for completion of the report)
I had not had my report completed by week 10 (4th September 2016) therefore made contact via customer services who informed me that there was a significant delay due to high volume of applicants and inability to meet demand
NNAS report completed 01 October 2016 - 14 weeks after they had received all of the information they require (see below for main findings)

ENTRY TO PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS PERCENTAGE FULFILLED
ETP 1: Professional Responsibility & Accountability 57.50%
ETP 2: Knowledge-Based Practice 54.71%
ETP 3: Ethical Practice 51.50%
ETP 4: Service to the Public 45.33%
ETP 5: Self-Regulation 77.50%

ETP AVERAGE CURRICULAR PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR
57.31 % Somewhat Comparable

Unfortunately although there is a slightly more detailed breakdown of how these 'scores' are determined, the actual criteria by which the NNAS assess are not available publicly (I have asked a number of times) so it is difficult to know exactly where the NNAS believe there are deficits/shortfalls in IEN's education being comparable to Canadian nurse education. Also there are some discrepancies in my report based on the evidence they received, the number of theory hours in my nurse education, the title of my degree and the patient populations from at least one of my employers is incorrect. Read through your report in detail. I had made a complaint early in the application process and was able to coordinate directly with one of the evaluators to address problems with the way NNAS were dealing with and acknowledging receipt of documentation (they failed to acknowledge my ID verification for 6 weeks and employment information for 5 weeks despite me having proof that they had received it). Had I not done this, I might still be waiting for them to acknowledge this. Also when I spoke to the NNAS customer services team on week 10 of the application being evaluated, I insisted that the evaluator contacted me when they started to review my information, which she did and was very helpful. I found that submitted questions via the NNAS correspondence system on the application portal was next to useless. I submitted around 10 questions which they never answered and never had a response within their published timescales. However, speaking directly with customer services was always much easier to get a sensible response and resulted in things moving forward.

My main advice would be to get your various bits of evidence submitted as quickly as possible, and as close together as possible so that you can more easily monitor when they receive things. Ensure that you walk your school of nursing through exactly what is required of them (the more information the better), same with employers and current registration authority, if possible, ask everyone to send you copies of what they intend to submit on your behalf so you can ensure they've done it right - my school of nursing and one of my past employers would have got it horribly wrong. Have everything sent by courier - the US postal system is not particularly reliable when things arrive from overseas, they lost 2 of my documents to the ether, NNAS accepted contact directly from the employers who issued these pieces of evidence ad allowed them to send electronic copies directly to a named evaluator. Don't waste your time submitting questions via the application portal, call customer services directly with queries and keep a close eye on timescales, if they miss one of their own deadlines, speak to customer services sooner rather than later as I get the impression that he who shouts loudest gets heard fastest!

I have now applied to CRNNS and away their assessment of my application (fingers crossed its favourable). Good luck to everyone currently going through the process and everyone about to apply.

 

[brown3979]

Thanks, I was looking for someone else's timeline.
April 12, 2016: opened application
July 10, 2016: All documents listed as received and forwarded to preliminary review, application ready for review
Sept 11, 2016: Documents all listed as "Meets requirements"
October 1: same as above

It seems like I should have my report in the next couple weeks

 

[mikey8954]

Thanks, I was looking for someone else's timeline.
April 12, 2016: opened application
July 10, 2016: All documents listed as received and forwarded to preliminary review, application ready for review
Sept 11, 2016: Documents all listed as "Meets requirements"
October 1: same as above

It seems like I should have my report in the next couple weeks

So did you get your report yet? Mine was available the day after al my documents said "meets requirements".

 

[ayyan79]

HI there can you tell me what is CAS exam for RPN Ontario.Is it online or what.please reply me.
my email is [email protected]

thanks

 

[kreystiyanpoll]

CNO will send you your specific competencies through snail mail. And from there you need to prove that you meet those competencies theough your education and nursing experience. Information about CAS And example are in the CNO website

HI there can you tell me what is CAS exam for RPN Ontario.Is it online or what.please reply me.
my email is [email protected]

thanks

 

[GODWILLDO]

please someone kindly help me...I was trying to register for CRNBC.. but it was taking up me details and constantly says Information provided is not correct.. I emailed both CRNBC and NNAS.. but no reply as well..
Did anyone experience such issue and what remedy did u do?? plz plz plz someone reply me..

 

[canada11]

got following email from HEALTH FORCE.

Ryerson, Trent, Windsor and York universities have announced that they are now accepting applications for their new competency-based consortium courses. Those courses will help Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) with small competency gaps to meet the educational requirements for registration as a Registered Nurse in Ontario.

An estimated 10% of IENs who have completed the Internationally Educated Nurses Competency Assessment Program (IENCAP) have competency gaps exclusively in the following areas:
Ethical Practice,
Self-Regulation,
Professional Responsibility and Accountability, and
Service to the Public.

If you have competency gaps exclusively in one or more of the four areas listed above, you may be interested in learning more about these competency-based courses.

If you are interested in learning more, please visit rncompetencies.ca for details.

The competency bridging courses offered by the four-university consortium will assist some IENs in meeting the nursing education requirement outlined on the CNO website. Please note, however, that all requirements listed on the CNO website must be met to achieve registration.

 

[GODWILLDO]

Registered to CRNBC.... Inital payment for language assessment done... How long is time duration to pay the remaining assessment fee after issuing the language assessment report. Can anyone answer me plz. Thanks

 

[TRUENORTH_4M_C2C]

1. So how long is the duration of bridging program that leads to RN. I just want to know since i have applied only for RN. I see there are few programs on few college websites like Algonquin which offer 1 year bridging to IENs...what are they for?

I find this http://health.uottawa.ca/bachelor-science-nursing-bridging-program-internationally-educated-nurses-algonquin-college for IEN nurses which is of 4 years out of which 1st year is being done in Algonquin. I wonder which 1 year IEN you are talking about.

2. Will CNO tell us what bridging program we should take and where we should take?

I assume they just forward you to take IEN course

3. I hear that Touchstone institute is backed up till Feb,2017. My evidence of practice will expire in May, 2019. Does that mean i should complete my bridging course before May, 2019?

When u send the email to CNO to be forwarded to Touchstone ? I got reply on 10 Sep 2016 from CNO that they have forwarded email Touchstone & they will get in touch with me for exam date. I hope we will get date somewhere mid of 2017

4. I have not received any dates for OSCE yet..but i assume that i may receive early next year after Feb,2017. Once my gaps are identified, i assume they will take 6-8weeks to let me know what i should do...then i go to the college for bridiging. If it's a 2 year program, then most probably i will graduate after my safe evidence of practice period ie., May, 2019. What happens to me then??

Your focus should be passing OSCE. Failing means back to school for minimum of two years of now. In either case fail or pass, your safe practice period is quite far away

5. The way i see it..it looks like i'm chasing a ghost. Do you have any ideas/Suggestions that you think i should do differently so that i may work as a Nurse in this country without having to repeat the whole program and start afresh. But i Don't mind doing bridging course..1 or 2 years i'm Ok with it..

Pass OSCE & then RN-NCLEX

Thanks

Thanks Canada 11

 

[brown3979]

So did you get your report yet? Mine was available the day after al my documents said "meets requirements".

Nope, the status is still listed as "Ready for Review". Where is the link to the report once it is finished? I know my school supplied 500-600 pages of syllabi so maybe reviewing it all is holding up the process