Application Guide - NurseONE

In Quebec:Quebecnurses:Please note2• The Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ) is not a member of CNA; therefore,CNA membership is not possible through the provincial nursing association in Quebec.• To benefit from CNA membership and pay about $200 less on the cost of the fee for initialcertification, you have to become a member of the Nurses Association of New Brunswick(e-mail nanb@nanb.nb.ca for more information) or the Yukon Registered Nurses Association(e-mail yrna@yknet.ca for more information), in addition to your membership with OIIQ. Contacteither of these associations directly to obtain further details about membership.• A copy of the additional registration/licence with the second provincial regulatory body must beincluded with your application for you to be considered for the CNA member fee.Completing the General Application form PAGE 23. General eligibility criteria• Carefully read the set of specific eligibility criteria provided on pages 2-4 of this guide. Decide whichoption is most relevant to you.For initial certification in all specialties/areas of nursing practice except occupational healthand enterostomal therapy• Choose either Option A or Option B.• Indicate clearly on the form which option you have chosen.For initial certification in occupational health or enterostomal therapy• Please see pages 3-4 of this application guide for your specific eligibility criteria.• Choose either Option A or Option B.4. Verification of experience in the nursing specialty/area of nursing practice* Be specific – Important determinant of your eligibilityALL CANDIDATES COMPLETE CAREFULLYBecause this section serves to verify your RN experience in your nursing specialty/area of nursingpractice and determine your eligibility, it is crucial that this section be completed in full and that alldetails requested be included.• Dates of employment in the chosen nursing specialty/area of nursing practice must be provided upto and including the past five years only. Experience and employment in all years before the pastfive years will be considered inapplicable.• Begin with your most current employment.• Be specific about the time frame in which you have earned your hours of experience in the past fiveyears. For example, an RN in the emergency department works 1,950 hours in each year of the fiveyearperiod. The total number of hours in emergency department nursing from January of year one toDecember of year five equals 9,750 hours (1,950 x 5 = 9,750).• You can claim your projected hours of experience to December 31.• Please do not use abbreviations (e.g., Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario should not be referred toas CHEO; the Ottawa Hospital should not be TOH).• Be specific about the unit/department where you work to identify your nursing specialty/area of nursingpractice (e.g., emergency department, outpatient psychiatry).• Refer to the Eligibility Criteria section on pages 2-4 of this guide. The hours of experience you list mustmeet the minimum in the eligibility criteria you have selected.Canadian Nurses Association getcertified.cna-aiic.ca 7