Newsletter - Issue 33, March 2014

NMBI are holding the first Midwives Week in recognition of Midwifery as a separate profession. The theme for this week is "Providing Safe Care for Mother and Baby" and will take place from Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May 2014. A number of events are planned.

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Mature Code Applicants to Nursing and Midwifery 2014

The Public Appointments Service (PAS) conducts the written assessment test for mature code applicants to the nursing and midwifery degree programme 2014 on behalf of the Nursing Careers Centre.

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IMB - Drug Safety Newsletter

The 59th edition of the IMB's Drug Safety Newsletter (DSN) has been published.

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All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care Survey

The AIIHPC's survey "Let’s talk about" is a personal experience survey aimed at finding out about the real experience of someone with a serious or progressive medical condition that is unlikely to be cured. We are interested in an experience of yours, or someone you know or cared for, or someone you knew or cared for.

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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.

1. Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital Nurses Conference

The Nurse Education Department at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital will hold the 16th National Orthopaedic Nurses Conference on Wednesday 16 April 2014 in The Lady Martin Auditorium, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Finglas, Dublin 11.

For further information, please contact Rosemary Masterson, tel (01) 8140437 or Caroline Kilcoyne, tel (01) 8140346, email rosemary.masterson@cappagh.ie or caroline.kilcoyne@cappagh.ie

Application forms and programme can be downloaded from: www.cappagh.ie/professional-development

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