The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) has expressed its heartfelt solidarity with nurses and midwives in Ukraine following the illegal military invasion of the country by the Russian President.

NMBI President Essene Cassidy, Board member Áine Lynch and Director of Registration Ray Healy were among special guests of President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin on St Patrick’s Day.

President Higgins took the opportunity at the first reception since the pandemic to pay tribute to nurses and midwives for their work over the past two years.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has appointed three new members to the Board of NMBI to run until 14 January 2025.

The new Board members are Thomas Glynn, Richard Bruton and Don Faller.

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)’s annual renewal portal for 2022 closed on Monday, 21 March.

Removal notices were issued on Thursday, 24 March 2022 to people who were registered with NMBI in 2021 but who did not renew for 2022 or who did not voluntarily remove from the Register.

NMBI Chief Executive Sheila McClelland and the organisation’s Director of Education, Policy and Standards Carolyn Donohoe have delivered keynote addresses to the All-Ireland Nursing and Midwifery Festivals at The Helix, Dublin City University (DCU).

NMBI’s Education, Policy, and Standards Department has launched the 5th Edition of Nurse Registration Programmes Standards and Requirements and the Policy for Approval and Monitoring Processes.

NMBI has confirmed it is developing plans for new education programmes for graduate-entry to the General Nursing Division of the Register.

The NMBI Education, Policy and Standards Department engaged with a number of key stakeholders who provided feedback on the updated Return to Nursing Practice Programmes Standards and Requirements.

NMBI is continuing its engagement with a range of stakeholders on its registration process, particularly for overseas applications, Director of Registration Ray Healy has said.

The number of Decision Letters issued to overseas applicants in the past two months is double that issued in the same period in 2021. More than 500 were issued in February alone.

NMBI CEO Sheila McClelland has sent her congratulations to Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LyIT) as the college celebrates 20 years of nursing education at the County Donegal campus.

More than 30 additional inspectors have been added to NMBI’s panel following a highly successful recruitment campaign, NMBI’s Director of Education, Policy and Standards Carolyn Donohoe has announced.

NMBI Chief Executive Sheila McClelland and members of her senior management team have featured in two publications in the past month.

The Board of NMBI has made decisions as to findings and sanctions arising from complaints received.

The findings are published in full on NMBI's Findings and Decisions page.

A round up of the latest news stories including:

• Remarkable Irish Nurse Retires from ICU Job at Age of 80

• Midwives Help Sought for Doctoral Research
• Nurse Margaret Thanks Daffodil Day Donations

• Ireland AM Presenter Talks of Incredible Nurses Who Cared for Dying Father

• Couple Pay Tribute to Ukrainian Nurses Who Cared for Surrogacy Baby

• Clinical Nurse Talks of Her Decade Working with Ireland’s Homeless

As part of our series aimed at helping registrants better understand the work of NMBI, we speak with Board member Catherine Cocoman who also sits on two NMBI Committees.