SLA - RPN

This assessment is only offered to RPN candidates seeking a license to practice  in Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

The RPN SLA is conducted virtually by a video conferencing platform, so you will need a quiet space with stable internet. We will provide more details once you’ve scheduled your SLA.

Candidates virtually visit three stations, meet patients and take on the nurse role. Each station is designed to reflect a variety of practice settings and to allow for a specific assessment or treatment to be performed so the candidate can demonstrate nursing practice.

At the start of each station, you will receive a chart with a brief written statement introducing the presenting clinical problem and stating the task you must perform. The chart also includes various supporting documents to assist in the planning of care.

You will be given five minutes to review the chart before the start of the simulation scenario.

In each scenario, you should act as you would in a real-life practice setting.

Inspire Global Assessments does not use a pass/fail system; instead, the assessment is aimed at identifying strengths and gaps.

Inspire Global Assessments measures your skills, knowledge and competencies against those a Canadian-educated health practitioner is expected to demonstrate upon entry into practice.

Inspire Global Assessments prepares a single CBA and SLA Performance Report that blends the results of your assessments.

​Within 60 days of completing all assessment components (including the CBA and SLA​), Inspire Global Assessments will email you your performance report.

Visit Competency Assessment Results for more information.​​

Inspire Global Assessments does not send a separate report after each assessment. Our assessment measures a combination of unique competencies. Only by looking at the results of all assessment components can we provide regulators with a true picture of an applicant’s skills and competencies.

Read Interpreting your Inspire Global Assessments Performance Report for information about how to understand your report.

Here are some sample Inspire Global Assessments Performance Report templates for each profession:

Sample HCA​ Report – British Columbia
Sample LPN Report – British Columbia
Sample RN Report – British Columbia​
Sample RPN Report – British Columbia​​
Sample RN Report – Maritime Canada

The regulator or registry receives reports after applicants have been notified of the results. The regulator or registry directly contacts applicants as soon as they have made a registration decision.

Inspire Global Assessments does not make registration decisions.

Inspire Global Assessments checks assessment scores carefully before releasing your performance report. If you believe your performance report does not reflect how you performed during your assessment, you can request a reconsideration of your SLA results.

Inspire Global Assessments does not allow reconsideration of the CBA results. If you encountered an incident while taking the CBA that requires review, you must contact us within three business days of your CBA to resolve.

Once you request a reconsideration of your SLA, assessors who did not score your original assessment will view the recorded videos of your SLA scenarios to confirm that we scored all the skills you demonstrated. We will then issue you a new performance report that combines your original CBA scores and your final SLA scores. You can request only one reconsideration. All reconsideration results are final.

A CDN $350 fee will apply. This fee covers the administrative costs and assessor time involved in your reconsideration.

To request a reconsideration, complete this form within 15 days of receiving your performance report and email it to info@inspireassessments.org (British Columbian candidates) or info.maritimes@inspireassessments.org (Maritime Canada candidates).

We cannot conduct reconsiderations after 15 days have passed. It takes Inspire Global Assessments about 21 days to complete a reconsideration from the date it is requested.

Regulatory or registry agencies determine the validity period of Inspire Global Assessments performance reports.​​ Please contact the regulator or registry agency directly for this information.