Three nurses and/or midwives will be elected to the Board of NMBI, one from each of the following categories:

1. General Nursing .
2. Children’s Nursing – the person must be engaged in clinical practice.
3. Employed in the public health sector and engaged in the education of nurses and midwives

NMBI launched its new Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice Framework Tuesday 29 September 2015.  The launch of the revised Scope Framework concludes the NMBI 2 year project to update the guidance document first published in 2000.

The new Scope framework and accompanying decision-making flowchart provides guidance to nurses and midwives in determining their roles and responsibilities in clinical practice.  It encourages them to critically examine their scope of practice and expand it where appropriate. Read more.