The poll to elect three registrants to be members of the Board of NMBI closed on Wednesday, 23 September 2020 at noon.
The successful candidates in the three categories were:
Category 1: A registered nurse from the practice of general nursing engaged in clinical practice
Joseph Shalbin KALLARAKKAL
Category 2: A registered nurse from the practice of children's nursing
Marian VAUGHAN
Category 3: A registered nurse or a registered midwife employed in the public health sector and engaged in the education of nurses and midwives
Lorraine CLARKE-BISHOP
Their appointments are subject to confirmation by the Minister for Health.
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The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) will go live with its new online registration system, MyNMBI on Monday 28 September 2020. It is important for all those making applications during September to note how they should progress their applications and the dates that dictate the mechanism they should use. For questions during this period please contact registration@nmbi.ie or call 1890 200 116.
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The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) today confirmed optimum times for the 2020 first time graduates wishing to apply for registration during September. It is important to note in this context that during September MyNMBI, the new NMBI online registration system, will go live meaning that graduates will either need to register before or after this happens. There will be a period of a week where the systems switch over (included in this is a large migration of data) when NMBI will be unable to accept or process applications. ...
As the professional regulator for nurses and midwives in Ireland we are eager to embrace and drive positive change within the system that will make us more accessible and also make the necessary interactions that registrants, HEIs, applicants, candidates and graduates have with us faster and easier to manage. In this context we are happy to confirm that our new online portal will go live in September 2020.
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Following a review of the Nurses and Midwives Rules 2018 (S.I.No.218/2018, S.I. No. 219/2018, S.I. No.220/2018 Principal Rules) and with the approval of the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, NMBI is proposing amendments to support a better aligned execution of a number of provisions in the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011.
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The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) today announced that it would immediately apply amendments to its International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and the Occupational English Test (OET) requirements for nurses and midwives who did not complete their qualifications through English.
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NMBI has collaborated with the heads of school in all 13 Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), the Department of Health and the HSE over the last number of weeks to find mechanisms to support nursing and midwifery students as they complete this academic year in the context of the current pandemic (WHO, March 11). ...
The Nursing and Midwifery Board (NMBI) today announced that 1,169 nurses have joined the Nursing and Midwifery Register since March 1. The register has gone from 77,111 to 78,150 during this period....
NMBI Statement
European (to include the UK) general nurses can support the Irish healthcare system during the emergency on a no fee ‘temporary and occasional’* basis if they are currently registered with the regulator in their own country. They need to apply via the European Union, Electronic Professional Card (EPC) system on the Europa website. Applicants who follow this route will be processed within two to three days.
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NMBI welcomes the statement made by President Michael D. Higgins on Friday evening following his signature on the Emergency Measure in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020. Under this Bill registrants can request to return to the Register of Nurses and Midwives in Ireland without being charged restoration fees.
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