Skip to content
Search
Home
Registration and endorsement
Registration standards
Professional codes and guidelines
Accreditation
News
Look up a practitioner
Registration and endorsement
About registration
Endorsements and notations
Renewal
Supervised practice
Student registration
Registration standards
Requirements for registration
Professional codes and guidelines
Policies
Professional standards
Guidelines
Position statements and shared resources
Frameworks
Fact sheets
Accreditation
Approved programs of study
Assessment of overseas qualified nurses and midwives
Internationally qualified nurses and midwives
News
News and updates
Annual report and statistics
Consultations
About registration
Fees for nurses and midwives
Applying for registration
Supporting documentation
Enrolled nurse to registered nurse or midwife applications
Re-entry to practice
Audit
Renewal
First time renewing
Fact sheet: Registration renewal for nurses and midwives
Fact sheet: Renewal information for employers
Fact sheet: Declarations and disclosure about withdrawn or restricted right to practise
Fact sheet: Exposure-prone procedures – registration and renewal declaration
Student registration
Fact sheet: Student registration
Fact sheet: For education providers on student registration
Requirements for registration
Criminal history
English language skills
Continuing professional development
Recency of practice
Professional indemnity insurance arrangements
Endorsement as a nurse practitioner
Endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives
General registration for internationally qualified registered nurses
Policies
COVID-19 guidance for nurses and midwives
Exemptions from CPD
Mothercraft nurses
Re-entry to practice for nurses and midwives
English language skills registration standard
Professional standards
Code of conduct for midwives
Code of conduct for nurses
Registered nurse standards for practice
Enrolled nurse standards for practice
Nurse practitioner standards for practice
Midwife standards for practice
Guidelines
Continuing professional development
Medicinal cannabis prescribing: How to meet your obligations under the National Law
Nurses applying for endorsement as a nurse practitioner
Safety and quality guidelines for NPs
Midwives applying for endorsement for scheduled medicines
Advertising a regulated health service
Guidelines for mandatory notifications
How to meet your social media obligations
Position statements and shared resources
Professional responsibilities for prescribing and dispensing medicines
Position statement on nurses and cosmetic medical procedures
Cultural safety: Nurses and midwives leading the way for safer healthcare
NMBA and CATSINaM joint statement on culturally safe care
Position statement on nurses, midwives and vaccination
Position statement on midwife practitioners
Frameworks
Framework for assessing standards for practice
Fact sheets
Scope of practice and capabilities of midwives
Scope of practice and capabilities of nurses
Re-entry to practice
Provisional registration information for nurses and midwives
Codes of conduct for nurses and for midwives
Midwife standards for practice
Dual registration as a midwife and paramedic
Dual registration as a registered nurse and paramedic
> More fact sheets
Internationally qualified nurses and midwives
Internationally qualified nurses with a sole qualification in mental health, disability or paediatric nursing
Before you apply
Self-check and portfolio
Examination
Registration
Orientation to healthcare in Australia
International application resources
News and updates
Newsletters
Communiqués from Board meetings
Other communiqués
Ministerial communication
Requests for tender
Media releases
Professional practice issues
Health profession agreements
Annual report and statistics
Annual report
Health profession demographic snapshot
Statistics
Consultations
Current consultations
Past consultations
Go to Ahpra or National Board
About
Join the NMBA
Contact
Translate
Ahpra portal
Go to Ahpra or National Board
|
About
Join the NMBA
Contact
Search
Ahpra portal
Registration and endorsement
Registration standards
Professional codes and guidelines
Accreditation
News
Look up a practitioner
Registration and endorsement
About registration
Endorsements and notations
Renewal
Supervised practice
Student registration
Fees for nurses and midwives
Applying for registration
Supporting documentation
Enrolled nurse to registered nurse or midwife applications
Re-entry to practice
Audit
First time renewing
Fact sheet: Registration renewal for nurses and midwives
Fact sheet: Renewal information for employers
Fact sheet: Declarations and disclosure about withdrawn or restricted right to practise
Fact sheet: Exposure-prone procedures – registration and renewal declaration
Fact sheet: Student registration
Fact sheet: For education providers on student registration
Registration standards
Requirements for registration
Criminal history
English language skills
Continuing professional development
Recency of practice
Professional indemnity insurance arrangements
Endorsement as a nurse practitioner
Endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives
General registration for internationally qualified registered nurses
Professional codes and guidelines
Policies
Professional standards
Guidelines
Position statements and shared resources
Frameworks
Fact sheets
COVID-19 guidance for nurses and midwives
Exemptions from CPD
Mothercraft nurses
Re-entry to practice for nurses and midwives
English language skills registration standard
Code of conduct for midwives
Code of conduct for nurses
Registered nurse standards for practice
Enrolled nurse standards for practice
Nurse practitioner standards for practice
Midwife standards for practice
Continuing professional development
Medicinal cannabis prescribing: How to meet your obligations under the National Law
Nurses applying for endorsement as a nurse practitioner
Safety and quality guidelines for NPs
Midwives applying for endorsement for scheduled medicines
Advertising a regulated health service
Guidelines for mandatory notifications
How to meet your social media obligations
Professional responsibilities for prescribing and dispensing medicines
Position statement on nurses and cosmetic medical procedures
Cultural safety: Nurses and midwives leading the way for safer healthcare
NMBA and CATSINaM joint statement on culturally safe care
Position statement on nurses, midwives and vaccination
Position statement on midwife practitioners
Framework for assessing standards for practice
Scope of practice and capabilities of midwives
Scope of practice and capabilities of nurses
Re-entry to practice
Provisional registration information for nurses and midwives
Codes of conduct for nurses and for midwives
Midwife standards for practice
Dual registration as a midwife and paramedic
Dual registration as a registered nurse and paramedic
> More fact sheets
Accreditation
Approved programs of study
Assessment of overseas qualified nurses and midwives
Internationally qualified nurses and midwives
Internationally qualified nurses with a sole qualification in mental health, disability or paediatric nursing
Before you apply
Self-check and portfolio
Examination
Registration
Orientation to healthcare in Australia
International application resources
News
News and updates
Annual report and statistics
Consultations
Newsletters
Communiqués from Board meetings
Other communiqués
Ministerial communication
Requests for tender
Media releases
Professional practice issues
Health profession agreements
Annual report
Health profession demographic snapshot
Statistics
Current consultations
Past consultations
National health practitioner boards
Close
Ahpra.gov.au Home
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board
Chinese Medicine Board
Chiropractic Board
Dental Board
Medical Board
Medical Radiation Practice Board
Nursing and Midwifery Board
Occupational Therapy Board
Optometry Board
Osteopathy Board
Paramedicine Board
Pharmacy Board
Physiotherapy Board
Podiatry Board
Psychology Board
Look up a health practitioner
Close
Check if your health practitioner is qualified, registered and their current registration status
Health Profession
All
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner
Chinese Medicine Practitioner
Chiropractor
Dental Practitioner
Medical Practitioner
Medical Radiation Practitioner
Midwife
Nurse
Occupational Therapist
Optometrist
Osteopath
Paramedic
Pharmacist
Physiotherapist
Podiatrist
Psychologist
All states and territories
All states and territories
ACT
NSW
NT
QLD
SA
TAS
VIC
WA
Practitioners
Profession
Location
Please enter a search term
Help & Tips
Search
Home
News
Communiqué from the Board
Communiqué from the Board
News
Annual report
Communiqués from Board meetings
Other Communiqués
Midwifery Futures: The Australian Midwifery Workforce Project
collapse
expand
Frequently asked questions
Midwifery Futures recommendations
Ministerial Communication
Current consultations
Past Consultations
Requests for tender
Media Releases
Professional Practice Issues
Newsletters
collapse
expand
July 2025
June 2025
April 2025
March 2025
November 2024
September 2024
July 2024
April 2024
February 2024
November 2023
September 2023
June 2023
May 2023
March 2023
December 2022
October 2022
Nurse practitioner news
June 2022
May 2022
March 2022
December 2021
November 2021
August 2021
May 2021
April 2021
December 2020
November 2020
August 2020
July 2020
May 2020
February 2020
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
June 2019
May 2019
March 2019
December 2018
October 2018
September 2018
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
March 2018
February 2018
December 2017
October 2017
September 2017
August 2017
July 2017
May 2017
April 2017
March 2017
February 2017
December 2016
October 2016
July 2016
March 2016
December 2015
September 2015
June 2015
March 2015
December 2014
July 2014
March 2014
November 2013
September 2013
July 2013
March 2013
December 2012
September 2012
March 2012
04 Jul 2016
The National Board has published its March and April communiqués.
Meeting of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - 28 April 2016
(111 KB,PDF),
Word version
(99.6 KB,DOCX)
Meeting of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - 31 March 2016
(116 KB,PDF),
Word version
(101 KB,DOCX)
Page reviewed 4/07/2016
Look up a practitioner
