Newsletter - Issue 38, August 2014

The annual national conference will be held on Thursday 9 October 2014 at the Chartered Accountants House, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. The theme for this year’s event is “Professionalism in nursing – how the Code can work for you." For further information click here

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Invitation to be part of the review of Standards and Requirements for Advanced Practice

NMBI is leading on a project to review the Standards and Requirements for Advanced Practice. A team known as Working Group Advanced Practice (WGAP) has been established to assist NMBI. Expert representation was sought from a number of different key stakeholders and the WGAP was established from expertise from within and outside NMBI.

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The National Standards Authority of Ireland is seeking comments on a draft standard on care services for cleft lip and palate

The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) is seeking comments from nurses and midwives on a draft of the European standardization document (CEN Technical Report) on care services for cleft lip and/or palate.

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Survey shows strong interest in plan to redevelop NMBI website

Registered nurses and midwives would like to see the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) providing more online content to assist them in their professional development. This is one of the main conclusions to emerge from a survey conducted among users of the Board’s website, NursingBoard.ie.

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Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) issues safety notice re Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA- formerly the Irish Medicines Board) has issued a safety notice to all health care professionals to remind them of the hazards associated with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). click here for further information.

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Events, Courses and Research that may be of interest to you

NMBI is happy to host the advertisement/promotion of an event/course/research that may be of interest to nurses and midwives and meets the Board's standards as a regulator. Please see our policy and disclaimer for the promotion and advertisement of external courses/research and events on our website for further information.

NMBI also provides a directory that has information on hundreds of continuing education and professional development programmes that have NMBI Category 1 approval. This Directory is available to access on our website and is managed by the Education Department of the Board.

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