Quebec Order of Nurses to offer licensing exam candidates more English resources

Following the outcry of some English-speaking nursing students, the Quebec Order of Nurses is changing how it prepares the English version of its licensing exam.

Now, a second translator will look at the English version of the exam before it’s finalized.

The new measure will be in place before the next group of nursing candidates writes the exam in March.

“We’re adding a step with another person that would be verifying the fluidity of the language,” said Chantal Lemay, spokesperson for the Quebec Order of Nurses.

Many nursing students who wrote the English version of the provincial licensing exam in September complained of problems with the translation from the original French, putting them at a disadvantage.

They said words in the exam were sometimes missing or mistranslated, leaving the students confused. More.

See: CBC

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