Contact: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)
Role
Since the development of the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) role in Ireland, the role has greatly increased in popularity and integration into the entire health system in Ireland (Doherty, 2025; Doody, 2025). The role incorporates full autonomy within the scope of practice and collaboration with the board of nursing and midwifery and generally dependent on the structure of the system they work within which often incorporates diagnosis and treatment of patients as well as clinical leadership and multidisciplinary team collaboration (Doody, 2025; Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI], 2017).
Education and Certification
The advanced nurse practitioner in Ireland requires a minimum of a master level education (NMBI, n.d.; Doody, 2025). There are current programs to meet this educational need in Ireland today supported by the NMBI, but additionally there is a pathway for individuals educated outside the Irish education system that allows individuals to become registered within the country including within and outside of the European Union (NMBI, n.d.).
References:
Doherty, B. (2025, March 24). The rise of advanced nursing practice: An Irish success story. Medical Independent. https://www.medicalindependent.ie/in-the-news/news-features/the-rise-of-advanced-nursing-practice-an-irish-success-story/
Doody, O., Graham, M., Hegarty, O., Sloane, A.M., Walsh, P., Synnott, M., Russell, M., Dunworth, T., Sheridan, J., & Murphy, L. (2025). Identifying the landscape and contribution of the advanced nurse practitioners in supporting healthcare provision in Ireland in the 21st century: An integrative review. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances. 8(2025). doi:10.1016/j.jinsa.2025.100304
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI]. (n.d.). ANP/AMP registration pathways. https://www.nmbi.ie/Registration/Add-New-Division/Advanced-Practitioners/Registering-as-ANP-AMP
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (2017). Advanced practice (nursing) standards and requirements. Retrieved from: https://www.nmbi.ie/NMBI/media/NMBI/Advanced-Practice-Nursing-Standards-and-Requirements-2017.pdf?ext=.pdf
[First Published: 15 August 2013; Updated: 29 June 2014 & 13 October, 2026]
