Quebec’s order of nurses shelves university degree requirement for nurses – CBC
The nursing order is putting on hold its plan to use the NCLEX-RN exam
Feb 04, 2024
Quebec’s order of nurses is changing course, saying it will temporarily suspend its plan that would have required nurses to hold a university degree before working in the profession.
The Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ), which regulates nursing in the province, says it will concentrate its efforts on improving the licensing exam at the end of a nurse’s studies.
In May 2022, the order announced it wanted new nurses to obtain a university degree. However, since then, the exam nursing students have to pass to enter the field has come under fire for its high failure rate, with some nurses calling for a change in how future nurses are tested.
Quebec’s largest nurses’ union, the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ), welcomes this decision.
“The FIQ invites the OIIQ to now focus its energies on the fundamental problems of the nursing profession,” said FIQ president Julie Bouchard. “These problems were denounced by the OIIQ in the past. For example, the employer moving nurses from one care unit to another without adequate preparation.”
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-nursing-order-exam-1.7104630
