Adaptation Guidance Documents (Nurses)
Adaptation Guidance Documents (Nurses) NMBI extends a warm welcome to all Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) and we acknowledge their contribution to the Irish healthcare system. As a regulator, NMBI is responsible for promoting high standards of professional educati...
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CNME HSE North-East and Dublin North
CNME, HSE North-East and Dublin North Pictured (L to R): Vivienne Browne; Sheila McClelland; Dr Louise Kavanagh McBride and Mairead McGahon ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ The...
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Education Body Site Inspection Reports
Education Body Site Inspection Reports The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) reviews standards and requirements for nursing and midwifery programmes at Ireland’s education bodies and other organisations involved in educating the nursing and midwifery professions....
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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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Fitness to Practise Committee (2011)
Fitness to Practise Committee The role of the Fitness to Practise Committee is to inquire into complaints referred by the Preliminary Proceedings Committee under Section 61 of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011, as amended. On completion of an inquiry, the Fitness to Practise ...
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Clinical Practice
Education Clinical practice and midwifery programmes These standards and requirements set out the standards and requirements for approval of the clinical practice and clinical learning environment for undergraduate midwife registration programmes. Clinical Practice Experien...
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Annual Reports
Annual Reports Download the most recent reports of NMBI activities Download earlier annual reports of NMBI activities Annual Reports
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Findings & Decisions
Fitness to Practise findings and decisions Publication of the findings of the Fitness to Practise Committees established under the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011, as amended and the Nurses Act 1985 respectively and the decision of the Board on any report made to it ...
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Privacy Notice
Privacy Notice Welcome to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI, we, us, our) privacy notice. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will inform you as to how we look after your personal data (together wit...
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Educational Providers
Education Approvals: Midwifery Programmes – Educational Providers These standards and requirements set out the educational standards and requirements for approval of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and associated health care providers (AHCP) involved in the undergraduate...
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Data Protection
Data Protection Introduction NMBI needs to gather and use certain information about individuals. In particular, NMBI has a statutory duty to collect and process personal data as the regulator of the professions of nursing and midwifery, as set out in the Nurses and Midw...
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Definition & Scope of Midwifery Practice
Definition and Scope of Midwifery Practice Definition of a midwife The Practice Standards for Midwives works with the following definition of a midwife adapted from the International Confederation of Midwives’ (ICM 2017) definition and adopted by NMBI. A midwife is a pe...
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Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer NMBI is currently recruiting for a Chief Executive Officer. Reporting to the President of the NMBI, the new Chief Executive Officer will assume a role of paramount importance within NMBI, providing visionary leadership that is both strategic and op...
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Preliminary Proceedings Committee
Preliminary Proceedings Committee investigates complaints The role of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee (PPC) is to give initial consideration to complaints. It can refer complaints to the Fitness to Practise Committee, accept an undertaking or make recommendations to th...
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Compensation Measures
Compensation Measures What’s a compensation measure? A compensation measure refers to either a period of adaptation or an aptitude test that needs to be successfully completed before your qualifications will be recognised. Both the period of adaption and aptitude test ar...
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Practice Standards 1-5
The five practices standards of midwifery care Practice Standard 1 Midwifery practice is underpinned by a philosophy that protects and promotes the safety and autonomy of the woman and respects her health, wellbeing, experiences, choices, priorities, beliefs and values. S...
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