2016 Nursing Registration Exams Report - CNO

1 Nursing Registration Exams Report 2016 Nursing Registration Exams Report 2016 Pub 45058 ISSN 2368-8599 Copyright College of Nurses of Ontario, 2017. Commercial or for-profit redistribution of this document in part or in whole is prohibited except with the written consent of CNO. This document may be reproduced in part or in whole for personal or educational use without permission, provided that: due diligence is exercised in ensuring the accuracy of the materials reproduced; CNO is identified as the source; and the reproduction is not represented as an official version of the materials reproduced, nor as having been made in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of, CNO. Copies of this booklet can be downloaded, free of charge, from the CNO website at College of Nurses of Ontario 101 Davenport Rd. Toronto, ON M5R 3P1 College of Nurses of Ontario Nursing Registration Exams Report 2016 i Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 About the College of Nurses of Ontario.

2 1 About this document ..1 2 Methods and Notes 1 Registration exam requirements ..1 Location of Nursing education ..2 Pass rates ..3 3 Registered nurse Exam Writers 5 RN exam writers ultimate pass rate ..5 RN exam pass rates by attempt ..5 Ontario-educated RN exam writers: Pass rates by attempt .. 6 RN exam writers educated in other canadian jurisdictions: Pass rates by attempt 6 Internationally educated RN exam writers: Pass rates by attempt .. 7 First-attempt pass rates for French-language RN programs in Ontario .. 8 2016 pass rates of RN applicants by Ontario university and program ..9 Program definition guide .. 9 Demographics of Registered nurse exam writers .. 14 Gender of RN exam 14 Age of RN exam writers .. 14 4 Registered Practical nurse Exam Writers 15 RPN exam writers ultimate pass rate .. 15 RPN exam pass rates by attempt .. 15 Ontario-educated RPN exam writers: Pass rates by attempt.

3 16 RPN exam writers educated in other canadian jurisdictions: Pass rates by attempt 16 Internationally educated RPN exam writers: Pass rates by 17 First-attempt pass rate for French-language RPN programs in Ontario .. 18 2016 pass rates of RPN applicants by Ontario college, program and site .. 19 Demographics of Registered Practical nurse exam writers .. 22 Gender of RPN exam writers .. 22 Age of RPN exam writers .. 22 5 nurse Practitioner Exam Writers 23 NP exam writers ultimate pass rate .. 23 College of Nurses of Ontario Nursing Registration Exams Report 2016 ii NP exam pass rates by attempt .. 23 Ontario-educated NP exam writers: Pass rates by attempt .. 24 NP exam writers educated in other canadian jurisdictions: Pass rates by attempt 24 Internationally educated NP exam writers: Pass rates by attempt .. 25 First-attempt pass rate for French-language NP programs in Ontario.

4 25 2016 pass rates of NP applicants by Ontario university and specialty 26 Demographics of nurse Practitioner exam writers .. 27 Gender of NP exam writers .. 27 Age of NP exam writers .. 27 College of Nurses of Ontario Nursing Registration Exams Report 2016 1 1 INTRODUCTION About the College of Nurses of Ontario The College of Nurses of Ontario (the College) is the regulatory body for Nursing in Ontario. Its mission is to regulate Nursing in the public interest. The College sets the requirements for becoming a nurse in Ontario, and the standards of practice that nurses must meet to maintain that designation. Only a person with a valid Certificate of Registration from the College can practise as a nurse in Ontario and use the protected titles: nurse , Registered nurse (RN), Registered Practical nurse (RPN) or nurse Practitioner (NP). To find out more about the College s statistical resources, or to sign up for its statistics announcements, visit About this document Along with other Registration requirements, most applicants who register with the College must successfully complete two examinations: a Registration examination and a jurisprudence examination .

5 The Registration exam tests the writer s knowledge of entry-level Nursing skills. The jurisprudence exam tests knowledge of Nursing and health care legislation in Ontario. These Exams help the College ensure that new nurses in Ontario are safe to practise. This Report provides an overview of the results of the Registration examination only. It only includes applicants to the College. Three types of applicants require successful completion of a Registration examination when applying to the College: 1. Registered Nurses in the General Class (RNs) 2. Registered Practical Nurses in the General Class (RPNs) 3. nurse Practitioners (NPs) 2 METHODS AND NOTES Registration exam requirements Applicants complete the following Council-approved1 Registration Exams : 1 Visit for more information about the College s Council. College of Nurses of Ontario Nursing Registration Exams Report 2016 2 RN applicants complete the National Council Licensure examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN),2 which replaced the canadian Registered nurse examination (CRNE) on January 1, o In 2015, the College (along with all other canadian Nursing regulators except Yukon and Quebec) adopted the NCLEX-RN as the Registration exam for RN applicants.

6 The NCLEX-RN is a computer-adaptive exam that determines a writer s knowledge of entry-level Nursing skills. Previously, applicants wrote the CRNE, which was a paper-based multiple-choice exam. RPN applicants complete the canadian Practical nurse Registration examination (CPNRE). o In May 2016, the CPNRE changed from a paper and pencil test to a computer-based test. The CPNRE s content remained the same. The change allowed the CPNRE to be offered more often and at more sites across Canada. NP applicants complete a Registration exam for the NP specialty they are applying to: Adult, Paediatrics or Primary Health Care. In 2016, the following NP Registration Exams were available to Ontario applicants:4 o NP-Adult: The American Academy of nurse Practitioners Certification Program s Adult-Gerontology Primary Care nurse Practitioner Certification examination o NP-Paediatrics: The Pediatric Nursing Certification Board s Pediatric nurse Practitioner Primary Care Certification examination or the Ordre des infirmi res et infirmiers du Qu bec s Certification examination for nurse Practitioners Specializing in Neonatology o NP-Primary Health Care: The canadian Nurses Association s canadian nurse Practitioner examination Location of Nursing education Location of Nursing education is the province or country of an applicant s education, which the applicant reported when applying to the College.

7 This Report condenses the locations into three groups: Ontario; other canadian provinces or territories; and international. 2 Visit for more information about NCLEX-RN. 3 Visit for more information about developing, administering and implementing the NCLEX-RN at the College. 4 Council has approved other Exams that fulfill the NP Registration exam requirement, but applicants would have written them in other jurisdictions. College of Nurses of Ontario Nursing Registration Exams Report 2016 3 Ontario: Exam statistics for writers who applied to the College after completing an approved Ontario Nursing program. o An Ontario Nursing program is one that is offered at an Ontario university or college, and approved by the College s Council5 for registering as a nurse in Ontario. o In Ontario, Nursing programs approved for RN Registration grant a university baccalaureate degree in Nursing .

8 Those approved for RPN Registration grant a diploma in practical Nursing from a college of applied arts and technology. Programs approved for NP Registration grant a post-baccalaureate certificate, a master s degree or a post-master s diploma. Other canadian jurisdiction: Exam statistics for writers who applied to the College after completing a Nursing program from another canadian province or territory. International: Exam statistics for writers who applied to the College after completing a Nursing program from outside of Canada. Pass rates Applicants to the College get three attempts to write their Registration This Report provides pass rate statistics for applicants first, second and third attempts at the exam. The first-, second- and third-attempt pass rates measure the percentage of writers who passed the exam on either their first, second or third try at the exam.

9 The ultimate pass rate measures the percentage of writers who wrote the exam in a given year, and who passed the exam by their latest attempt in that year. The ultimate pass rate does not consider how often a writer had to write the exam before passing or if, at the end of the year, they still had attempts remaining on the exam. If a writer attempted the exam in two different years (for example, if the writer was unsuccessful in one year and successful in the next year), both attempts would be included in the calculations of ultimate pass rates for respective years. The table below shows how pass rates are calculated using an example of 10 applicants to the College who attempted the Registration exam at least once in 5 Council may also authorize a third party to provide approval of Nursing programs for Registration purposes ( , the canadian Association of Schools of Nursing s approves Ontario RN Nursing programs).

10 6 A Registration regulation change was implemented on January 9, 2017, which allowed RN applicants to have no limit to the number of times they can write the NCLEX-RN. College of Nurses of Ontario Nursing Registration Exams Report 2016 4 2016. The table shows the outcomes of their first, second and third attempts, as well as their ultimate result. Applicant number Registration exam attempts 2016 results Attempts remaining 2015 2016 First attempt result Second attempt result Third attempt result 2016 ultimate result Applicant 1 Fail Fail Pass N/A N/A Pass Pass N/A Applicant 2 Fail Fail Pass N/A Fail Pass Pass N/A Applicant 3 Fail Fail Fail N/A N/A Fail Fail 0 Applicant 4 Fail Pass N/A Pass N/A Pass N/A Applicant 5 Fail Fail Fail Fail N/A Fail 1 Applicant 6 Fail Fail Pass Fail Fail Pass Pass N/A Applicant 7 Fail Pass Fail Pass N/A Pass N/A Applicant 8 Fail Fail N/A N/A Fail 2 Applicant 9 Pass Pass N/A N/A Pass N/A Applicant 10 Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail 0 2016 first-attempt pass rate Number of first attempts in 2016: 6 Number of first-attempt passes in 2016: 1 First-attempt pass rate for 2016: 1 out of 6, or 2016 second-attempt pass rate Number of second attempts in 2016.