National Council Licensure Examination

And then all of a sudden I was like, you know what? I'm upset with myself that I didn't do this.

And so, uh, four years later I sat down, um, and funny, my little sister who passed the NCLEX after taking our course was like, Hey, uh, talk with Dr.

Z, take his class, see how it goes.

Uh, so sure enough, I sat down for, um, with her and scheduled the class and did three months.

Right.

I learned more in the last three month time frame than I did in nursing school related to this.

what I'm supposed to know for the NCLEX.

Yeah.

We're here to help you succeed in nursing school and in life.

And remember the NCLEX question of the day drops a new episode every Thursday.

So I'll see you then.

You know what time it is now.

But yeah, it's just, it's completely, completely a gray area.

But I did want to ask also, so I am not a fan of leaving the LPNs out, okay? Like, we take the same NCLEX.

They put us through, we both go through clinicals and nursing school And I was seeing that so many holistic programs were just leaving out the LPNs.

And that's something that we do at Functional Nurse Academy is we accept NPs, RNs, and LPNs.

I am not a fan of leaving the LPNs out.

Okay, like we take the same NCLEX.

They put us through, we both go through clinicals and nursing school.

And I was seeing that so many holistic programs were just leaving out the LPNs.

You heard me right, the largest enrollment in its history.

Its graduates earned a near perfect 95% first time pass rate on the NCLEX, and the program just jumped an impressive 189 spots on U.S. News and World Report's list of best undergraduate nursing programs.

How impressive.

Dean Hanna, welcome to College Town Talk.

Our faculty have also distinguished themselves as scholars and innovators.

Over the past five years, they've secured more than $4 million in external grants funding, supporting research and initiatives that improve the health of our communities.

At the same time, our students consistently achieve high NCLEX pass rates, reflecting the quality of our academic programs and the dedication of our faculty and staff.

Becoming a college acknowledges these accomplishments, but it also positions us for the future.

I was so grateful to walk across the stage and get my honours degree and I was able to work in Vegreville, Alberta at a rural hospital from February until end of August and after my nursing education I became a graduate nurse.

So that's a step where I can work as a nurse before I become an official registered nurse because to become a registered nurse you have to pass your NCLEX exam and from that I would become an official Indigenous registered nurse but unfortunately I did not pass my first time around due to me needing to provide for my family And I, looking back, I'm grateful I didn't pass my NCLEX.

I actually didn't pass, I believe it was October 13, and it was devastating, but I realized that it gave me a solution coming to the Senate of Canada where I need to tell the senators a solution and something that could help fix the healthcare system and fix the nursing retention.

For example, TRC Action 23 wants to retain Indigenous healthcare workers, but something I wanted to mention to the senators was only 3% of Indigenous healthcare providers are Indigenous out of the 100, and that's a low rate, and that was in research done in 2024.