About Nursing
Are you considering nursing? What do nurses do? Nurses provide autonomous and collaborative care for individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. This includes the promotion of health, the prevention of illness, and the...
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NCAD
National Competence Assessment Documents Guidance document NMBI Guidelines for Completing Competence Assessment Document NCAD documents Specialist practice placements Year 1 (long practice placements) Year 1 (short practice placements) Year 2 (long practice place...
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General Nursing
General Nursing If you enjoy working with and helping people, general nursing could be the career for you. General nurses are part of a profession that promotes health and provides nursing care to meet the physical, psychological and social needs of adults and their care...
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Education Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery
Education Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery NMBI and the Office of the Chief Nursing Officer in the Department of Health are jointly hosting a healthcare conference entitled ‘Education Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery’ on Friday, 5 July at the Printworks, Dublin Ca...
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Careers in Nursing & Midwifery
Choose a Career in Nursing and Midwifery If you are interested in studying to be a nurse or a midwife at an Irish college or university, we have information available to support you. Our Careers in Nursing and Midwifery section has been developed for second level st...
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Intellectual Disability Nursing
Intellectual Disability Nursing If you enjoy supporting people with an intellectual disability, this could be the career for you. Intellectual disability nurses work within a social model and provide supportive care to people with an intellectual disability. Intellectual...
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Children's Nursing
Children’s nurse post-registration: standards and requirements These standards and requirements set out the educational standards and requirements set by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), formerly An Bord Altranais, for post-registration children’s nursing...
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100 Years of Nursing Regulation
NMBI Nursing Regulation Conference In 2019, NMBI held a conference to celebrate 100 Years of Nursing Regulation in Ireland: Past, Present and Future. conference took place on Thursday 24 October 2019 in the Clayton Hotel, Liffey Valley. The conference began with a ses...
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Mental Health Nursing
Mental Health Nursing Mental health nurses, also known as psychiatric nurses, work with people who are experiencing mental health challenges. Mental health nurses work with the person to empower them in a way that promotes recovery, independence and self-care. At t...
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Previous Events
Previous Events 2024 Events Education Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Conference 2023 Events NMBI Series 2023 RUN ME Research Report Webinar NMBI National Student Midwife Debate 2023 Graduate Entry Nursing and Digital Health Competency Webinar...
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Children's and General Nursing
Combined Children's and General Nursing If you like working with children and young people, this could be the career for you. The four-and-a-half-year degree course offers qualifications in both children’s and general nursing. Children’s and general nurses promote health...
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Public Health Nursing
Public Health Nursing Education Programme Standards and Requirements These standards and requirements set out the educational standards and requirements for public health nursing post-registration education programmes. These are designed to provide guidance on flexible,...
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Return to Nursing Practice
Education Return to Nursing Practice Programmes Standards and Requirements The purpose of the return to nursing practice programme is to enable participants to update their theoretical knowledge and clinical skills to practice as competent and professional nurses. The the...
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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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Post-Registration Courses
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Approvals: Nursing Programmes
NMBI’s eight standards for nursing There are eight standards which education bodies (EBs) and their practice partners must adhere to meet NMBI’s accreditation requirements for nursing programmes. Each standard consists of a criterion statement, standard statement and a se...
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CEO
Carolyn Donohoe Since 2021, I took up the position of Director of Education, Policy, and Standards at the NMBI, following years of nursing experience in the fields of critical care nursing education and management, as nursing practice development coordinator, and in periope...
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Older People Nursing Care
Working with older people: nursing guidance Registered nurses care for older people in a variety of settings – acute hospitals, long-term care facilities and in the community. With our ageing population, and increased life expectancy, Irish registered nurses can exp...
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Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements
Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements Building on the competences achieved for nurse registration, these standards and requirements specify the competences required to register as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP), thus facilitating a career pathway fo...
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Graduate Entry Nursing
Graduate Entry Nursing General Registration Education Programme Standards and Requirements NMBI has published the first edition of Graduate Entry General Nurse Registration Education Programme Standards and Requirements . The standards and requirements provide the first edu...
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