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Policies and Guidelines

An Bord Altranais issues policies and guidelines for nurses and midwives. Recent policies and guidelines developed by An Bord Altranais are listed below.

: Requirements and Standards for the Psychiatric Nurse Post-Registration Education Programme, 2007
An Bord Altranais has now developed a new set of requirements and standards for the post-registration psychiatric nurse education programme. These will be incorporated into the next edition of Requirements and Standards for Nurse Post-Registration Education Programmes, April, 2007.
: Collaborative Practice Agreement for Nurses and Midwives with Prescriptive Authority, December 2007
: Practice Standards for Nurses and Midwives with Prescriptive Authority, September 2010
: Decision-Making Framework for Nurse and Midwife Prescribing, July 2007
Guidance to Nurses and Midwives on Medication Management July 2007 (GuidanceMedMan_2007.pdf, 0 MB)
: Guidance to Nurses and Midwives Regarding Ethical Conduct of Nursing and Midwifery Research, January 2007
Guidance to Preregistration Midwifery Students (Guidance to Preregistration Midwifery Students.pdf, 0 MB)
Guidance for Nurses and Midwives with Serious Contagious Infectious Diseases Sept 2004 (Guidance for Nurses and Midwives with Serious Contagious Infectious Diseases Sept 2004.pdf, 0.20 MB)
Guidelines on the Key Points that may be considered when developing a quality clinical learning environment 1st ed. Apr 2003 (Guidelines on Developing a Quality Clinical Learning Environment 1st ed. April 2003.pdf, 0.27 MB)
Guidance for Nursing Students (Guidance for Nursing Students.pdf, 0 MB)

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Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011 signed into legislation: 2/3/2012 - An Bord Altranais is pleased to advise that the Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011, was signed into legislation on 21st December, 2011.
Student Nurse and Midwife Payment: 2/1/2012 - The Department of Health has reviewed the decision to phase out the payment for the mandatory 36 week rostered clinical placement that occurs in the fourth year of the pre-registration nurse and midwife education programme.