Supervised practice

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) protects the public by ensuring that anyone who is registered as a nurse and/or midwife is safe and competent to practise. Under the National Law, there is a mandatory requirement for applicants for registration and renewal of registration to meet the NMBA requirements in relation to the nature, extent, period and recency of any previous practice.

Nurses and/or midwives may be required to work under the supervision if they:

• hold provisional registration
• hold general registration with supervised practice conditions
• are returning to practice after an absence of five years or more in accordance with the NMBA's Recency of practice registration standard
• need to address a health, conduct, recency of practice, or performance issue that has been assessed as affecting safe and/or competent practice

Supervision guidelines for nursing and midwifery 

Supervised practice templates - Enrolled nurse

Supervised practice templates - Registered nurse

Supervised practice templates - Midwife