Annual Reports
Annual reports NMBI requires the education bodies (EBs) and associated healthcare providers (AHCPs) to jointly produce an annual report in April of each year. The report should include the following information: An update on conditions and recommendations in respect of ...
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What We Do
What we do Protecting patients is our main objective The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is the independent, statutory organisation which regulates the nursing and midwifery professions in Ireland. We work with nurses and midwives, the public and key stakehold...
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Our Role
NMBI’s role and key functions NMBI is the statutory body which sets the standards for the education, registration and professional conduct of nurses and midwives. We advise on how nurses and midwives should provide care to patients, their families and society. Our missi...
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Policy for Programme Approval and Monitoring Processes
Policy for Programme Approval and Monitoring Processes NMBI sets the standards and requirements for registration in any division of the register and specialist nursing and midwifery qualifications. NMBI sets the criteria for the approval of a body seeking to deliver an educa...
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Employers and Registration
Advice for Employers on Registration As an employer, it is vital that you only employ nurses and midwives who are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). Nurses and midwives cannot legally practise in Ireland unless they are registered with NMBI. ...
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English Language Requirements
English language competence and overseas applicants F rom 2 April 2018, applicants for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland who have qualifications from outside of Ireland must now satisfy the Board that they have the necessary knowledge of English t...
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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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Director of Education, Policy and Standards
Lorraine Clarke Lorraine Clarke currently serves as the Interim Director of Education, Policy and Standards. She is a registered general nurse, having trained at the Eastern Area College of Nursing (Southside) in Belfast. Lorraine has over 30 years of experience in nur...
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Consultation on Draft Nurse and Midwife Registration Programmes Standards Voting closed: Read more Complaints Adaptation Guidance for Internationally Educated Nurses Become a Nurse/Midwife Click here For more information Do you wish to restore ...
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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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Approval Criteria
Education Approval criteria for midwifery programmes These standards and requirements set out the educational standards and requirements for the approval criteria used by NMBI for undergraduate midwife registration programmes. The standards for the approval of the Highe...
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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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Legislation
Nurses and Midwives Act 2011, as amended On 21 December 2011, the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 was signed into law. This Act updated the provisions relating to the regulation of nurses and midwives in Ireland. The Act recognised midwifery as a separate and distinct prof...
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Post-Registration Nursing & Midwifery
Post-registration nursing and midwifery: standards and requirements The purpose of these standards and requirements is to provide guidance for the development of flexible and innovative programmes/units of learning for educational providers for the development of post-regi...
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Nurse Registration Programmes
Nurse Registration Programmes Standards and Requirements We publish standards and requirements for education bodies (EBs) and their practice partners involved in the education and registration of nurses in relation to the development, delivery and evaluation of nurse reg...
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Continuing Professional Development
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in nursing and midwifery is defined as learning experiences which help maintain and enhance knowledge, skills and competence to provide quality, and safe person-centred care throughout the ca...
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Launch of the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics
Launch of the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics Pictured above (L to R): Carolyn Donohoe, NMBI Interim Chief Executive; Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill; Lorraine Clarke Bishop, NMBI Interim Director of Education, Policy and Standards and Áine Lynch, N...
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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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Dental Council MOU
What we do Memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Dental Council The following is the Memorandum of Understanding between the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and the Dental Council of Ireland concerning co-operation in the regulation of the practise of nurs...
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Student Entry
Education Standard 2: student entry, admission, transfer, discontinuation and completion The following is the standard for student entry, admission, transfer, discontinuation and completion required by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) for approval of Highe...
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