As per
CNO's (College of Nurses of Ontario) website,
if you passed the NCLEX-RN on or after January 2015, it
will serve as evidence that an applicant has demonstrated the required entry-level nursing knowledge, skill and judgement to meet the nursing education requirement.
An excerpt from the CNO website:
"IEN applicants who apply to CNO after completing the NNAS process and who have been identified as not having equivalent nursing knowledge, skill and judgment based on the NNAS’ nursing education assessment will now meet the nursing education requirement, if they successfully completed the NCLEX-RN exam on or after Jan. 1, 2015. For other applicants who passed the NCLEX-RN before January 1, 2015, CNO will continue to evaluate practice-related documentation (for example, current/past RN employment) to determine if it addresses any gaps in nursing knowledge, skill and judgement identified in the NNAS assessment."
"The NCLEX-RN is a valid and reliable measure of an applicant’s entry-level nursing knowledge, skill and judgment required for safe nursing practice."
https://www.cno.org/en/news/2021/march-2021/passing-the-nclex-rn-a-new-way-to-assess-iens-nursing-knowledge-skill-and-judgment/
Having passed the NCLEX-RN on or after January 1, 2015 will make it easier for you to deal with NNAS & CNO. It doesn't matter if NNAS gave you a non-comparable result for as long as you passed the NCLEX-RN on or after January 1, 2015, CNO will credit that as meeting their nursing education requirement and evidence of safe nursing practice as of March 4, 2021 as decided CNO council.
NCLEX-RN is the official RN licensure examination for both the United States & Canada.
If you want to be eligible to write the NCLEX-RN, try applying
RN license application by examination first at any State Boards of Nursing in the United States, as applying in the US is easier compared to Canada. Some state boards require Social Security Number (SSN) and some do not. The easiest of all is applying at
New York State Education Department (NYSED) as they don't require you to have a
Social Security Number (SSN) and no fingerprinting/background check done unlike in other states. The application is a straightforward process.
You must, however, complete the mandatory course works for Infection Control & Child Abuse in order to process your application. Once you are deemed eligible to take the NCLEX-RN by NYSED, you will receive your ATT within one week or you can follow them by calling if you still haven't received it. Once ATT is received in your email, you can now schedule your test at the Pearson Vue website. You must schedule the test before the expiration date indicated on your ATT.
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Once you passed NCLEX-RN and issued RN license by NYSED, it will be easier for you to apply at CNO. Believe me!
You can always request NYSED to send verification to CNO about your active RN license registration and passing of your registration exam (NCLEX-RN). There is a fee of $20 USD currently and you can do it online at the NYSED website !