The Inquiry Room
What happens in the inquiry room At a Fitness to Practise inquiry, when you go into the inquiry room the following people will be present: The members of the Fitness to Practise Committee (FTPC) . There will normally be five members, three of whom are not nurses or m...
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NMBI National Student Midwife Debate 2023
NMBI National Student Midwife Debate 2023 Pictured (L to R): Dr Louise Kavanagh McBride, NMBI President; Shannon McHugh, winner of the Best Speaker award and Sheila McClelland, NMBI CEO Pictured (L to R): Dr Louise Kavanagh McBride, NMBI President; Shannon McHugh, winner...
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Midwifery Students Guidance
Midwifery Students: Guidance on Responsibilities and Clinical Practice Experience As a midwifery student in an Irish education body, your name must be on NMBI's Candidate Register. Our Candidate Register may be checked by your clinical supervisor or healthcare facility...
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Nursing Students Guidance
Nursing Students: Guidance on Responsibilities and Clinical Practice Experience As a nursing student in an Irish education body, your name must be on NMBI's Candidate Register. Our Candidate Register may be checked by your clinical supervisor or healthcare facility to e...
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Fitness to Practise
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 public, employ...
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MyNMBI
Document Name What is it? Submission Details and Document Validity When we may request this document Certificate of Acquired Rights A certificate used amongst EU regulators. Your home competent authority (regu...
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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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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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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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Grounds For Complaints
Grounds for complaints about nurses and midwives The grounds for complaints against a registered nurse or midwife are set out in the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011. These grounds are: Professional misconduct Poor professional performance Non-compliance with a co...
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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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HIQA MOU
Memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the HIQA The following is the Memorandum of Understanding between the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). T his Memorandum of Understanding has been entered into on the ...
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