Endorsements and Notations

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.

• Scheduled medicines – designated registered nurse prescriber – qualified to prescribe scheduled medicines 2, 3, 4 and 8 in partnership with an authorised health practitioner under a clinical governance framework and an active prescribing agreement.
• Scheduled medicines – midwife  – qualified to prescribe schedule 2, 3, 4 and 8 medicines and to provide associated services required for midwifery practice.
• Nurse practitioner – includes prescribing scheduled medicines.

Note: Midwife practitioner - refer to Position statement on midwife practitioners. 

For more information about endorsement of registration, please refer to the following documents.

Designated registered nurse prescriber

Nurse practitioner

Related fact sheets

• Fact sheet: Advanced nursing practice and specialty areas within nursing 

Midwife - with scheduled medicines endorsement

Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives

Notations

A notation records a limitation on the practice of a nurse/midwife. It is used to describe and explain the scope of a nurse/midwife’s practice by noting the limitations on that practice. The notation does not change the nurse/midwife’s scope of practice but may reflect the requirements of a registration standard.

• Enrolled nurse notation - this applies to enrolled nurses who do not hold an NMBA-approved qualification in medication administration.

Fact sheet: Enrolled nurses and medicine administration

• Sole qualification notation – this applies to registered nurses with a sole qualification in mental health nursing, paediatric nursing or disability nursing

Fact sheet: Registered nurses with a sole qualification in mental health nursing, paediatric nursing or disability nursing.

Fact sheet: Internationally qualified registered nurses applying for registration with a sole qualification in mental health nursing, paediatric nursing and disability nursing.

Additional information for registered nurses with a sole qualification notation