100 Years of Nursing Regulation
NMBI Nursing Regulation Conference In 2019, NMBI held a conference to celebrate 100 Years of Nursing Regulation in Ireland: Past, Present and Future. conference took place on Thursday 24 October 2019 in the Clayton Hotel, Liffey Valley. The conference began with a ses...
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Witness Expenses
Witness Expenses The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) will pay reasonable expenses that you have incurred to facilitate your attendance at an inquiry. Expenses may include the cost incurred for travel, refreshments, meals, payment of a childminder or locum. ...
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NMBI Series 2023
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) jointly hosted four events this autumn in collaboration with HSE Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Education (CNMEs) in Waterford, Tralee, Galway and Dundalk. The NMBI Series 2023 – Partnership in Practice focused on e...
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State of Complaints
State of Complaints The State of Complaints 2023 report gives an overview of the fitness to practise process and provides data for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2023. As part of the publication, data was reviewed for all matters concluded in 2023. For more deta...
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Publications Policy (2011 Act)
Publication policy: 2011 Act The publication policy pursuant to Part V of pursuant to Part 9 of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011, as amended, for the publication of information on Fitness to Practise Inquiries and Sanctions is available here . This policy was approved...
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Header Assessment Fee: All applicants must pay an assessment fee with this Application Request Form. The fee covers the cost of assessing your application, based on the information required in our Application Pack. The assessment fee is non-refundable. If your application...
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After You Give Evidence
After you give evidence at a Fitness to Practise inquiry When you have finished giving evidence, you may leave the inquiry venue. If the inquiry is being held in public, you may choose to stay and listen to the rest of the day’s proceedings. If you choose to stay, you wi...
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Adrian O’Dwyer
Adrian O’Dwyer As a third-year mental health nursing student currently enrolled at University College Cork (UCC), it’s fair to say I didn’t take the easiest route in pursuing my career as a mental health nurse. My healthcare journey began in 2018 when I completed the QQI...
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Witness Expenses Form
Witness Expenses Claim Form Witnesses who have attended a Fitness to Practise inquiry at the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) may be reimbursed for expenses such as accommodation, transport and meals by using the NMBI expenses claim form. When you have comple...
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Who Can Help
Advocacy and other organisations which support patients and families NMBI emotional support service NMBI provides an emotional support service to our registrants and witnesses during the Fitness to Practice (FTP) process. This is a freephone service, available 24/7, that en...
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Expert Witnesses
The Role of the Expert Witness NMBI has published guidance on the Role of the Expert Witness. An expert witness is a person whose level of specialised knowledge or skill in a particular field qualifies them to present their opinion about facts of a complaint to an inquir...
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Midwives Standards
Midwives Practice Standards As stated in the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 , as amended NMBI has two main objectives: To protect the public. To ensure the integrity of nursing and midwifery practices. NMBI achieves these objectives by promoting high standards of p...
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Information about the NMBI
Information about the NMBI Establishment of the organisation Roles, responsibilities and functions Governance/Management arrangements Corporate Plans Strategies Annual Report Organi...
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Fitness to Practise
Publications Fitness to Practise As part of our aim of protecting the public, NMBI is legally responsible for considering complaints against nurses and midwives who practise in Ireland. The publications in this section provide information on the complaints process for the ...
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Director of Professional Standards - Midwifery
Dr Karn Cliffe Dr Karn Cliffe is Director of Professional Standards – Midwifery. She qualified as a nurse in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and later as a midwife from City University London. She spent several years in Australia, working as a midwife. Whil...
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Post-Registration Courses
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Sanctions
Complaints Sanctions in cases against nurses and midwives If the Fitness to Practise Committee makes findings against a registered nurse or registered midwife, the Board will impose one or more sanctions. Details of the sanctions that can be imposed and the factors that th...
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Prescribing Standards
Prescriptive authority: practice standards and guidelines This document was published by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), and addresses the professional responsibilities of registered nurse prescribers and registered midwife prescribers for their prescrib...
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Health Care Facilities
Find a Healthcare Facility for Your Placement Adaptation Periods must be undertaken at an approved Irish healthcare facility and are subject to an assessment. Please note that: You are responsible for contacting the placement sites Some sites may be full Ap...
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Position Statements
Position Statements Guiding Principles for Telehealth Nursing and Midwifery Practice Learning Experience for Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Registration Programmes
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