1. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Advanced Practice (Nursing)

2. Statutory Instruments No 3 and No 689 (2010)
Assignment to ‘The Board’ of additional functions
In accordance with criteria set by the National Council
Determine applications for the accreditation of posts
Determine applications for the registration of nurses as Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs)
To accredit ANP posts
To register an ANP who
Has been determined to meet the criteria
Has received an offer of employment
To remove name of any ANP who
No longer meets the criteria
Ceases employment in the ANP post
To remove accreditation of any ANP post who

3. Current Process
Framework for the Establishment of Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Midwife Practitioner Posts (NCNM 2008) Definition of Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (P.5) Core Concepts: Autonomy in Clinical Practice Expert Practice Professional and Clinical Leadership Research (P.7)

4. Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (draft)
2. Expert Nursing Practice
Advanced Knowledge & Skills
Masters level
4. Communication and Inter Personal Competences
Retain Core Concepts and Associated Competencies
3. Advanced level of clinical decision-making
and Autonomy
6. Professional & Clinical Leadership
Vision
Research
Audit
1. Professional values
Established therapeutic
Relationships
5. Management and Team Competencies
Risk Assessment / Management
Communication

5. Advanced Practice (Nursing)
Person Empathy Respect Compassion Consistency Mutually agreed goals
Philosophy of Nursing
Value placed on person/nurse relationship rather than encounter

6. NMBI will continue to review systems
Current Process POST
POST Accreditation
NMBI will continue to review systems
(resources, culture, leadership & management, policies, procedures, service level agreements, memorandum of understanding, established referral pathways, clinical governance, quality and risk management, continuous quality improvement)

7. Following POST Accreditation
ANPc must register as Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Currently based on submission of a Portfolio / Form 2 from Employer, and Form 1 (transcripts from HEIs)
Available at
Must satisfy the Board that s/he has met criteria set by the National Council and that s/he has offer of employment in respect of the specified and accredited Advanced Nurse Practitioner Post concerned

8. Registration as an ANP on the NMBI Division of the Register
Be a Registered Nurse (Active Register)
Be registered in the appropriate division of the NMBI Register
Masters level or above with
Substantive Clinical Component
Clinical supervision (at least 500 hours);
7 years post registration experience;
5 years experience in the chosen area of specialist practice;
Meets core concepts and associated competencies;
Commitment to Continuing Professional Development (Portfolio);
On-going clinical supervision arrangements

9. Registration as RANP
PERSON Registered in relevant Division of the Register as
RANP
Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner

10. Current Processes and Procedures
Advanced Practice POST ↓
Report to Registration Committee
Decision Letter to Director of Nursing and Director of NMPD
ANPc linked to the POST goes forward for Registration as ANP
Must meet the criteria evidenced in
Portfolio submitted / Form 1/ Form 2/
Registration Committee
Decision

11. Future Processes
Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements (draft)
Public consultation ( )
Working Group Advanced Practice (WGAP)
Criteria to Register as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (RANP) will not change following publication of Advanced Practice (Nursing) Standards and Requirements