Nursing students in Quebec protest a high failure rate this year, while US nursing test examiners have noticed that passing rates have dropped since the pandemic began.
The commissioner that oversees admissions to professional orders is taking a look at the licensing exam that nursing candidates say didn't reflect the realities of their profession.
More than half of Quebec's aspiring nurses have failed their licensing exam this year. Quebec's professional order of nurses says the pandemic is partly to blame, but students say the exam was confusing and did not reflect the reality of nursing.