To all international nurses who aspire to work as Registered Nurses in Canada!!! Heres an article published in ABSOLUTELY FILIPINO MAGAZINE (ISSUE # 1 SUMMER 2014) about National Nursing Assessment Service and SEC Assessment: The College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (CRNBC) posted a new announcement on their website early this year regarding the initiation of National Nursing Assessment Service (NNAS). NNAS is designed to coordinate a consistent national program for internationally educated nurses (IENs) who are seeking registration in Canadian jurisdictions. These include Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) in Ontario, Registered Nurses (RNs), Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPNs). According to NNAS, starting August 12, 2014, international nurses who aspire to work as Registered Nurses in Canada should use the new modernized and contoured application process. All their documents and credentials must be submitted to and verified by the NNAS, before completing the application process with the region where they wish to work. Once all the documents are received, and an evaluation of foreign credential is complete, applicants will be advised by the NNAS. Afterwards, they may proceed with submitting their application to the governing organization of their preferred province, to complete the assessment for eligibility as a nurse. BENEFITS FOR INTERNATIONALLY-EDUCATED NURSES One time online process to start the application process to any province in Canada (except Quebec). > Ability to complete application and to pay for the initial assessment online > One convenient location to send documents > A centralized credential assessment process > Access to 1-800 customer care telephone number with service in English and French > Ability to track the status of the application online through NNAS website If applicants want to apply as an RN in British Columbia, they would then apply to CRNBC to complete the assessment of their eligibility. For most applicants, this includes a competence-based assessment, also known as Substantially Equivalent Competence (SEC) Assessment. SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT COMPETENCE (SEC) ASSESSMENT This is a part of the application process wherein an international nurse will be examined with regards to his contemporary nursing knowledge, skills and abilities. This is to measure the nurses judgment, values, attitudes, and overall performance based on the nursing standard of practice. There are two types of assessment; it can be General SEC Assessment or Complete SEC Assessment. In General SEC, it is a two-day assessment which comprises the knowledge and practice of the Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN) about medical-surgical nursing, community health nursing and focus situations. On the other hand, Complete SEC is a more complex assessment which would usually take four-and-a-half days to complete. It will measure the IENs knowledge about medical-surgical-community nursing, maternal-newborn health, child health and mental health nursing. IEN Assessment Service of B.C. from Kwantlen Polytechnic University will be contacting you to set up an appointment for the SEC Assessment. You need to provide a stipulated time which will be suitable for you and you will need yo provide them your B.C. File number. Keeping in mind that you have to be certain on the date that you would be providing them because they do discourage in rescheduling it because it could affect the result of the assessment, particularly in the area of Accountability and Responsibility. Once the date has been set, you will be receiving a confirmation about all the details such as time, place and date as well as the list of resources related to it. So it will depend on what type of assessment you are about to undertake for it is now in the jurisdiction of the CRNBC assessor. Make sure you will be prepared for the assessment because you will only have to do this once. Reports could take 3-5 weeks to complete before sending it to CRNBC. The result of the assessment will help the CRNBC to determine if you have met the entry-level nursing competencies in British Columbia or you still need some supplemental education before you can be granted your nursing registration. Supplemental education can be either short online courses or Graduate Nurse Internationally Educated Re-entry Program. These programs are all available at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Furthermore, invitational program (distant education) for internationally educated nurses is also available at Thompson Rivers University. Source: crnbc.ca nnas.ca Thank you Penelope Jimenez for sharing this article!
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 04:10:13 +0000
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