The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) provides guidance to nurses and midwives by publishing a range of frameworks, codes and guidelines. These documents:
- help understand the NMBA’s expectations and requirements; and
- provide pathways to meet them.
Assessing national competency/practice standards
Decision-making framework (DMF)
| Document |
PDF |
Date of effect |
| DMF A3 midwifery flowchart - 2013 - rebranded* |
PDF (235 KB) |
From 13 June 2013 |
| DMF A3 nursing flowchart - 2013 - rebranded* |
PDF (266 KB) |
From 13 June 2013 |
| DMF A4 midwifery summary guide - 2010 - rebranded* |
PDF (175 KB) |
From 16 December 2013 |
| DMF A4 nursing summary guide - 2010 - rebranded* |
PDF (209 KB) |
From 16 December 2013 |
| National framework for the development of decision-making tools for nursing and midwifery practice - September 2007 - rebranded* |
PDF (438 KB) |
From 17 July 2013 |
Re-entry to practice
| Document |
PDF |
Accessible format |
Date of effect |
| Current: Framework for assessing supervised practice re-entry |
PDF (134KB) |
Word version
(397 KB,DOCX) |
From 1 September 2015 |
| Retired: Framework for assessing supervised practice re-entry |
PDF (216KB) |
Web page |
To 31 August 2015 |