College of Nurses Examination | Even more candidates pass their turn

2023-09-07 16:37:05

(Montreal) Even more candidates for the practice of the nursing profession (CEPI) took advantage of the second exemption offered by the Order of Nurses of Quebec (OIIQ) not to take the nursing exam. admission expected this month.

Posted at 12:37 p.m.

Ugo Giguere

The Canadian Press

For a second session in a row, hundreds of CEPIs preferred not to take the exam, the success rates of which have been abnormally low for a year.

Of the 4,094 candidates called to the exam on September 18, 949 people decided to pass their turn. This abstention rate of 23% represents a slight increase compared to last spring.

In March, 2,803 candidates had been summoned and 630 of them had taken advantage of the exemption.

It should be remembered that these exceptional measures stem from the fiasco of the results of the September 2022 exam. Barely 51.4% of candidates who were on their first attempt had obtained a passing grade. In response, the commissioner for admission to professions launched an investigation which led to the filing of a damning report raising doubts regarding the reliability of the exam.

For its part, the order justifies these poor results by the context in which the CEPIs received their training. These new graduates had to learn their trade in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The OIIQ therefore offered a first right of exemption in the spring of 2023 to allow the commissioner to complete his work. The success rate observed during this session was only slightly higher at 53.8%.

By comparison, first-attempt pass rates between fall 2018 and spring 2022 ranged from 71% to 96%.

Then, following the tabling of two progress reports by the commissioner, the OIIQ announced its intention to scuttle its examination in order to adopt that of the United States, known by the acronym NCLEX-RN. The order then opted to offer a new exemption to CEPIs who would prefer to wait in order to rub shoulders with the American format.

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