Canadian Registered Nurses Examination
The recent announcement from ten of the provincial nursing regulators regarding the Registered Nursing Examination has created concern across the country. As you are likely aware, the Canadian Nurses Association has been the provider of the Canadian Registered Nurse Examination (CRNE) for over forty years. On December 2, 2011, ten of the RN regulatory bodies that currently use the CRNE selected the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), a US company, in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) to partner with for the development of a new state-of-the-art, computer-adaptive entry exam for future RN candidates.
What can you do? If you are concerned with the potential loss of the CRNE, please send an email or a letter to your provincial/territorial regulatory body expressing your concerns and requesting additional information.
- Letter for members to send to their provincial/territorial regulatory body
- Nursing Regulators - contact information
- Take our Poll
- Voice your thoughts and/or concerns:
Information / Press Releases
- CNA Media Conference - January 13, 2012 CNA declares made- and owned-in-Canada RN entry exam essential CNA Declaration CNA Questions and Answers CNA History of Canadian Nurses Registration Exam CNA Press Release - December 13, 2011 Registered Nurses Association of Ontario - December 13, 2011 CNA Press Release - December 9, 2011 CNA Video NCSBN Announcement - December 8, 2011
Press/Information Releases from the Nursing Regulators
- New Regulators Council - February 2012 Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador (ARNNL) College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta - President's Blog College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (CRNBC) College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (CRNM) Nurses Association of New Brunswick (NANB) College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia (CRNNS) College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia - Putting Jurisprudence in Practice College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Assocation (SRNA)
Other Information