Pictured (L to R): Carolyn Donohoe, NMBI Interim CEO and Dr Louise Kavanagh McBride, NMBI President

Our President, Dr Louise Kavanagh McBride and Interim CEO, Carolyn Donohoe were invited by the Italian Federation of Nursing Regulators (FNOPI) Executive Board to attend the 2nd International Congress of Nursing Regulators. The congress focused on ‘Nursing Regulation to Sustain Health Innovation’ and was held in Rome on 10 October.  

Pictured (L to R): Sylvie Crawford, College of Nurses of Ontario, Canada; Carolyn Donohoe, NMBI Interim CEO; Dr Louise Kavanagh McBride, NMBI President; Christine Penney and Cynthia Johansen, British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives, Canada.

NMBI presented on the Irish regulatory position in relation to education, workforce and advanced practice, as part of a Europe wide panel with Italy, Portugal, Greece, France and Germany. 

A second day was hosted by the Italian Department of Health and a fellow Irish nursing colleague from the faculty of RCSI presented on World Health Organisation research collaboratives and colleagues from UCD presented on advanced practice in Ireland. 

Pictured left (L to R): Fiona Timmons, UCD Head of School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems and Dr Louise Kavanagh McBride, NMBI President