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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Webinar to Launch Standards and Requirements for Graduate Entry Nursing and Digital Health
Webinar to Launch Standards and Requirements for Graduate Entry Nursing and Digital Health Competency On 21 June 2023, we held a webinar to introduce education bodies and practice partner sites to the new standards and requirements for education programmes on graduate entry ...
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NMBI Summer Series
In 2022, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) jointly hosted five different events at five college campuses, with each campus focusing on a different division of the NMBI Register. Each event centered on a professional discussion of key issues relating t...
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Standards and Requirements
Nurse and midwife education: standards and requirements NMBI defines the standards and requirements for nursing and midwifery education progammes at Ireland’s education bodies. This section of the website includes details of the following standards and requirements for edu...
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Post-Registration Courses
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International Regulators & Other Bodies
What we do International regulators and other bodies The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) works with a number of international regulators and health care bodies to improve the provision of health care and to develop best practice processes. Australian Health ...
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Resource Packs
Resources Please see the resources available to assist you in finding out more about nursing and midwifery entry routes. You are welcome to contact us with any further queries by emailing us at careersinformation@nmbi.ie .
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NMBI Student Nurse Ambassadors
NMBI Student Nurse Ambassadors In November 2024, we held our inaugural Student Nurse Ambassador Forum. The forum allows undergraduate student nurses to understand NMBI's role in supporting them throughout their careers. 21 student nurses from the four primary nursing ...
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Conversations on Nursing and Midwifery Regulation
Conversations on Nursing and Midwifery Regulation On Tuesday, 2 May 2023 NMBI held a Forum called 'Conversations on Nursing and Midwifery Regulation' in collaboration with the Chief Nursing Officer in the Department of Health. The event was an opportunity to bring tog...
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Verification of Postgraduate Education
Guide Information for Nurses/Midwives Applying for NMBI Verification of Category 2 or Equivalent Post-registration Qualifications Note! Only apply for the NMBI Verification of Category 2 or Equivalent Post-Registration Qualification if you have a recognised post-registrat...
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Publications
Publications Publications We publish reports, guidelines and other documentation concerning our work and the regulation of the nursing and midwifery professions in Ireland. These publications can be downloaded in the relevant sections of the NMBI website or in this central ...
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Reports
Reports RUN ME Research Report Non-clinical Employment as an Indicator of Language Competency in Nursing and Midwifery
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Witness Guidelines
Witness Guidelines You can find out more about what is involved in attending a fitness to practise inquiry on these pages: Before the inquiry Giving evidence After you give evidence Witness expenses . Complaints
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Site Inspection Process
Site Inspection Process Ensures High Standards of Education Site inspections of university and college departments and their partner hospitals and health services are conducted where nursing and midwifery students learn the art and science of their professions. Such inspe...
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Sponsorship Scheme
Sponsorship Sponsorship is available for a limited number of mature applicants who are support staff in the Irish public health service and who want to become nurses or midwives. To be eligible you must be directly involved in delivering care to patients or clients in a nurs...
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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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International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day
Collaborative Storytelling Event to Mark International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses Day Pictured (L to R): Rachel Kenna, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health; Carolyn Donohoe, Interim CEO, NMBI; Áine Lynch, NMBI Vice President and Director of Nursing...
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History
History The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) was first established as An Bord Altranais (the Board) by the Nurses Act 1950 to take over the functions of two bodies: the Central Midwives Board and the General Nursing Council, which had been established in 1918 an...
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Registered Nurse
Help Centre Registered Nurse Registered Nurse Nurses provide care and other services in variety of settings Registered nurses promote health, prevent illness and provide care across the continuum of health and social care. They care for people of all ages, groups and c...
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