The NMBI Board and staff would like to wish all registrants and stakeholders a happy Christmas.

We look forward to working with you in the New Year. 

Please note we will be open over the holidays from 9am to 5pm, except for 24-26 December 2018 and 1 January 2019. 

To mark 100 years of Midwifery Regulation in Ireland, NMBI hosted a national conference to celebrate the regulation and development of the midwifery profession.

The Annual Retention Fee (ARF) for 2019 is due for payment before 31st of December 2018.

Method of payment

The majority of nurses and midwives pay their Annual Retention Fee online using My Account.

We encourage all nurses and midwives to set up an online account to pay the ARF or other fees online, check the account balance and download forms.

NMBI is the regulator for the professions of nursing and midwifery. It sets the standards for the education, registration and professional conduct of nurses and midwives. The purpose of the NMBI Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (December 2014) is to guide nurses and midwives and to help them understand their professional responsibilities.

The NMBI Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives deals with the issue of conscientious objection under Principle 2: Professional responsibility and accountability

The Draft NMBI (2018) Competence Assessment for Overseas Nurses (Second Edition) document has been developed for nurses educated and trained outside Ireland who do not qualify for registration under the EU Directive. It is designed to provide guidance on a period of adaptation and assessment in an Irish health care facility and guidance on the development and provision of an aptitude test by an educational provider in advance of registration by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).

The next submission date deadline for Advanced Practice registration is April 8th 2019. Eligible applicants can expect the Review Panel to take place on the week of May 7th 2018. Further details will be communicated closer to the submission date deadline.

For information on the registration process see NMBI website https://www.nmbi.ie/Registration/Advanced-Practice

NMBI is seeking expressions of interest from members of the public to participate in the work of the Midwives Committee and the Education, Training and Standards Committee.

For more information regarding the roles and the application process for the Midwives Committee and the Education, Training and Standards Committee please see out website.

The standards and requirements for Psychiatric Nurse Post-Registration have been revised and are now on our website. The document outlines the educational standards and requirements for psychiatric nurse post-registration education programmes set at  Level 8 Higher Diploma of the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ).

These are designed to provide guidance to education providers and health care institutions involved in the education of nurses in relation to the development,  delivery and evaluation of such programmes.

For further information please email: education@nmbi.ie

The Focus on FTP series will be an 8-part online series of articles from NMBI. These articles will focus on issues in relation to complaints made about registrants.

The primary aim of the series is to inform and guide registrants so that they have increased awareness of fitness to practise issues, and this can inform their practice and behaviour.