April 04, 2023
We would like to remind sites providing adaptation and assessment programmes and aptitude tests to complete their revalidation application forms if they have not yet done so.
We would like to remind sites providing adaptation and assessment programmes and aptitude tests to complete their revalidation application forms if they have not yet done so.
As part of a new process, we are reviewing adaptation and assessment sites for revalidation.
Adaptation and assessments are clinically-based practice programmes that can be undertaken by overseas nurses and midwives as a compensation measure which can lead to registration in Ireland.
As we are seeing an increase in overseas applications, we want to ensure adaptation sites are prepared to support nurses and midwives in demonstrating their competency for registration.
Following a review of the current process for approval of compensation measures, we are revalidating current adaptation sites to ensure that providers meet the standards and requirements as set out in the Compensation Measures for Nurses Trained Outside of Ireland (2019) and Competence Assessment Tool for Midwives (2015). The approval for these sites will be granted for a five-year period.
Since the introduction of the new process last year, we have revalidated 33 sites and validated seven new sites.
For sites that have yet to complete their revalidation, application forms to provide adaptation and assessment programmes and aptitude tests are available on our website.
If you would like more information, you can also contact our Education Department at Educationandguidance@nmbi.ie.