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Statement of Strategy 2023-2025

Launch of our Statement of Strategy 2023-2025 On 26 April 2023, we launched our new Statement of Strategy which will run from 2023-2025. As part of the new strategy, over the next three years, NMBI will focus on protecting, promoting, and progressing the nursing and m...

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Publications Policy (1985 Act)

Publication policy: Nurses Act 1985 This is the publication policy following fitness to practise inquiries held pursuant to Part V of the Nurses Act, 1985. This policy was approved by the Board on the 28 April 2015. 1. Relevant legislation. Part V, Nurses Act 1985. 2. L...

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Assessment

Education Assessment of midwifery programmes These standards and requirements set out the educational standards and requirements for the assessment strategy for undergraduate midwife registration programmes. Assessment process Assessment of learning is a continual process ...

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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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Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland MOU

What we do Memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland The following is the Memorandum of Understanding between the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland concerning co-operation in the reg...

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Outcomes of Assessment

Outcomes of Assessment Following the assessment of your application, NMBI will inform you of one of the assessment outcomes: 1. Your qualifications have been recognised. 2. Further information is required. 3. You are required to successfully complete...

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Freedom of Information

Freedom of Information Introduction The Freedom of Information Act 2014 (FOI) provides that every person has the following: A legal right to access official records held by public bodies listed in the Act. A legal right to have personal information held...

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University College Cork

Children’s Nursing in the Community – Care Closer to Home The first of NMBI’s Summer Series events was hosted by the School of Nursing at University College Cork and focused on the theme Children’s Nursing in the Community – Care Closer to Home. President of the N...

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Preparing your Documents

Preparing your Documents It is important that you submit valid and translated documents to avoid any delays in processing your application. The documents you will need to submit depend on many factors (for example if you are a G1, G2 or G3 Applicant, if you hold an EPC...

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Submitting a complaint

Submitting a complaint The Preliminary Proceedings Committee (PPC) of NMBI can only deal with written complaints made against registered nurses or registered midwives. If you wish to make a complaint against a registered nurse or registered midwife, please put your compla...

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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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Qualified in Ireland

Registration Process for Students and Graduates who Qualified in Ireland If you were educated as a nurse or midwife in Ireland, you will already have met the registration requirements set by NMBI as you will have completed a nursing or midwifery programme which we approved. ...

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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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Preparing your Documents

Preparing your Documents It is important that you submit valid and translated documents to avoid any delays in processing your application. The documents you will need to submit depend on many factors (for example if you are a G1, G2 or G3 Applicant, if you hold an EPC...

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Humanitarian Practice Permit

Humanitarian Practice Permit From 1 June 2022, nurses and midwives from outside Ireland who wish to practise on a temporary basis in Ireland can now apply for a permit to do so. The Humanitarian Practice Permit has been introduced by NMBI following the signing of a commen...

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Yannick Bilongo

Yannick Bilongo I am Yannick Bilongo, a 2nd year Intellectual Disability nursing student at Dublin City University (DCU). Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, I embarked on a transformative journey in 2019, relocating to Ireland to shape my future. Whe...

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Complaints

Help Centre Complaints Complaints about nurses or midwives Our mission is to protect protect the public. We are responsible for considering complaints against nurses and midwives who practise in Ireland. When the PPC Team received a complaint, they review it. The pr...

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Add New Division

Adding a New Division to your Existing Registration Record This section is relevant to those who are already registered in the Register of Nurses and Midwives and would like to add a new division to their registration record. This only applies to those who qualified in Irela...

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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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Inquiries

Fitness to Practise Inquiries Inquiries happen in a similar manner to a court case and are very formal. Most inquiries last one or two days but a small number take longer. Three members of the Fitness to Practise Committee (FTP Committee) hear each case. These include: ...

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