Ireland Nurses

New Procedure for Nurses Seeking Employment in Ireland

The Irish Nursing and Midwifery Board (NMBI) has reinstated a rule requiring nurses applying for employment in Ireland to demonstrate English language proficiency. Under the new process, nurses must provide proof of English proficiency, such as IELTS or OET certification, either with their initial application for the NMBI decision letter or within two months afterward. … Read more

Looking to work as a nurse in Ireland? Get trained for Ireland Aptitude Test

We might all have heard about the RCSI aptitude test at this stage. The RCSI Aptitude test was developed in 2015 for overseas nurses looking to get registered with NMBI (Nursing Midwifery Board Ireland). Since many of the nurses from India failed the exam and had to return to their home country, there have been numerous … Read more

Indian-origin nurse made remarkable victory in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland election

An Indian-origin nurse, Mittu Alungal, has been elected as a board member of the NMBI Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. Mittu Alungal, who is a migrant nurse from India, is currently working as Director of Nursing in the Meath Community Nursing Unit under the HSE. As a central committee member of Migrant Nurses Ireland, … Read more

MNI and NMBI meets, demand more career progress for migrant Nurses

Migrant Nurses Ireland (MNI) has been invited by NMBI (Nursing And Midwifery Board Of Ireland) yesterday, 10th March for a lunch to take MNI’s input to the 2023 – 2025 strategy statement, as NMBI is seeing MNI as an important stakeholder. MNI raised a number of important issues in the meeting which were listened to very … Read more

Migrant nurses’ months-long wait for decision letter; Migrant Nurses Ireland to meet NMBI; Sign the petition now

Migrant Nurses Ireland (MNI) is appealing to Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), to combat delay in NMBI registration process for overseas nurses. Currently, the process to confirm decision letter takes up to eight months and no proper communications are made from the side of NMBI, the nurses complain. Overseas nurses, including those from … Read more