The Pinoy IEN

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is the practical or clinical simulation part of the nursing skills and knowledge assessment administered by a College- or an Association-accredited institution (e.g. Touchstone Institute). The entire exam will be composed of 12 scenarios with patient actors and an examiner. We created a scenario to give you a heads up on what happens in an OSCE. Here's the flow of an OSCE scenario about Pain (click on the images): The examiner MAY ask questions to the candidate to test critical thinking skills. Examiners have a rubric to mark the performance of the candidate based on categories and competencies set by the Colleges or the Associations of Registered Nurses. The following images below are categories, competencies and domains in the context of the given scenario above. Below is the list of domains upon which the examiner will base the candidate's global overall rating and will record comments on strengths...

We call her Chinese Girl for having a Facebook name in Chinese characters. Mirriam Gallego may be inactive or silent at times but for some who didn't know she's one of the pioneering Administrators of the Pinoy IEN group. If you happen to be a group member since the group's inception in 2015, you would definitely encounter her pinned post on the wall. She crisscrossed Canada ever since she moved in 2010 travelling frequently to and from the East to West vice versa. Her story is worth knowing. Mirriam Gallego:   Hi Pinoy IEN! I'm Mirriam Gallego. I graduated from Lorma Colleges in La Union in 2006. I never held a full-time RN position back home as it was hard to get in hospitals. After having my RN license in 2007, I volunteered for 6 months at the regional hospital. Luckily, I landed in Canada under the Live-In Caregiver Program in Ottawa, Ontario in 2010. Clueless talaga ako about how everything works in Canada! Hahaha! Pinoy IEN: Can you share us your ...

Currently, there are 2 provinces that refer IENs to do nursing skills and knowledge assessment at Touchstone Institute: Alberta and Ontario . The Objective Structured Clinical Exam or OSCE is the practical exam portion of the assessment. It is important to know the coverage of this exam to help you prepare and have better determination on how you should proceed with the IEN process. The OSCE will have 12 stations and 13 minutes shall be given to each station to come up with a response or nursing action. You are being assessed for 2 competencies in the OSCE: Knowledge-based Practice Ethical Practice 5 Sub-domains of Knowledge-based Practice: (1) Ongoing Comprehensive Assessment Health and Data Collection Physical Assessment Analysis and Interpretation (2) Collaboration with Clients to Develop Health Care Plans Nursing Care Plan Development (3) Provides Nursing Care with Clients Implementation of Care Prioritization (4) Collaboration Communication Co...

Bonjour tout le monde! Ça va bien? In case you don’t know, Canada has 2 official languages: English and French— l’anglais et le français . French is predominantly spoken in the province of Québec. 80% of its population are Francophones (French-speaking) and 95% speak French as a first or second language. It is also spoken in some parts of Ontario, Newfoundland & Labrador and Acadia ( l’Acadie ): Nova Scotia & New Brunswick, the only officially bilingual province. Canada is proud of her French patrimony as she is to her aboriginial and British as we celebrate and value diversity. Can a Canadian RN practice in Québec? Oui mesdames et messieurs! Reciprocity makes life easy in Canada as it is in the States. The Agreement on Internal Trade of 2009 stipulates that an RN who holds legal authorization to practise nursing in a Canadian province or territory is not ony entitled to a permit issued by the Ordre des Infirmieres et Infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ, Québec Order ...