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Endorsements
The endorsement of registration identifies registered nurses and midwives with additional qualifications and specific expertise who meet the requirements of the relevant registration standard.
The National Board endorsements for registered nurses are:
- Registered Nurse - supply scheduled medicines (rural and isolated practice), and
- Nurse Practitioner – includes prescribing scheduled medicines.
The National Board endorsement for registered midwives is:
- Eligible Midwife - prescribe scheduled medicines.
Note: Midwife Practitioner - refer Position statement on midwife practitioners 7 April 2011.
For more information about endorsement of registration, please refer to the following documents.
Nurse Practitioner
| Document name |
PDF |
Accessible
format |
Document
date |
| Endorsement as a nurse practitioner registration standard |
PDF (257KB) |
Web page |
4 April 2011 |
| Guidelines on endorsement as a nurse practitioner |
PDF (398KB) |
Web page |
4 April 2011 |
| Nurse practitioner - Requirements for portfolio - Pathway 1 |
PDF (414KB) |
Web page |
16 April 2012 |
| Nurse practitioner - Requirements for portfolio - Pathway 2 |
PDF (168KB) |
Web page |
18 April 2012 |
| Explanatory statement: Nurse practitioner category notation (Victoria) |
PDF (142KB) |
Web page |
31 March 2011 |
| Application for endorsement as a nurse practitioner - AENP-04 |
PDF (387KB) |
N/A |
31 March 2011 |
Registered Nurse – Supply Scheduled Medicines (rural and isolated practice)
| Document name |
PDF |
Accessible
format |
Document
date |
| Nursing and Midwifery Board registration standard - Endorsement for scheduled medicines registered nurses (rural and isolated practice) |
PDF (226KB) |
Web page |
30 March 2011 |
| Application for endorsement for scheduled medicines (rural & isolated pract) registered nurses - AESR-04 |
PDF (387KB) |
N/A |
30 March 2011 |
Eligible Midwife – Prescribe Scheduled Medicines
| Document name |
PDF |
Accessible
format |
Document
date |
| Registration standard for endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives |
PDF (307KB) |
Web page |
31 March 2011 |
| Guidelines and assessment framework for registration standard for eligible midwives and registration standard for endorsement for scheduled medicines for eligible midwives |
PDF (488KB) |
N/A |
26 October 2010 |
| Application for endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives - AESM-04 |
PDF (387KB) |
N/A |
31 March 2011 |
Notations
Nurses with a sole qualification in mental health nursing, paediatric nursing or disability nursing
Find out more information on nurses with a sole qualification in mental health nursing, paediatric nursing or disability nursing.
Eligible Midwife
The National Board also recognises those midwives that meet the requirements of the Eligible Midwife registration standard with a notation on their registration. The notation states:
Eligible midwife competent to provide pregnancy, labour, birth and post natal care and qualified to provide the associated services and order diagnostic investigations required for midwifery practice, in accordance with relevant State and Territory legislation.
Eligible midwife, but NOT qualified to obtain endorsement under section 94 to prescribe Schedule 2, 3, 4 & 8 medicines required for midwifery practice in accordance with State and Territory legislation.
These eligible midwives are endorsed to prescribe scheduled medicines when they successfully complete a Board-approved program of study for prescribing midwifery medicines.
For more information about notation on registration, please refer to the following documents.
| Document name |
PDF |
Accessible
format |
Document
date |
| Application for addition of notation as an eligible midwife application form ANMW-40 |
PDF (653KB) |
N/A |
12 May 2011 |
| Guidelines and assessment framework for registration standard for eligible midwives and registration standard for endorsement for scheduled medicines for eligible midwives |
PDF (488KB) |
N/A |
26 October 2010 |
| Nursing and midwifery national prescribing formulary for midwives |
PDF (418KB) |
Web page |
31 August 2011 |
Endorsement as an Eligible Midwife to prescribe medicines - refer to Eligible Midwife - Prescribe Scheduled Medicines section above.
More Information
For more information, please see the Registration and Endorsement section or FAQ.