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Nursing and Midwifery Revalidation
Nursing & Midwifery Revalidation Information Sources
All nurses and midwives have been required to revalidate since April 2016.
Revalidation is a compulsory process that has to be undertaken every three years in order to renew your registration.
This page contains links to a number of information sources that you may find useful. If you need more help finding revalidation resources contact us.
Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) resources
NMC Revalidation website: http://revalidation.nmc.org.uk/
How to revalidate with the NMC booklet:
https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/revalidation/how-to-revalidate-booklet.pdf
The Code - Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives:
https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/nmc-publications/nmc-code.pdf
NMC Online - log in to find out your renewal date, update your details, pay our fee etc:
https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/nmc-online/
NMC Midwifery Standards: https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/standards-for-midwives/
NMC X (formerly) Twitter: https://twitter.com/nmcnews
Revalidation resources - forms, templates, films, presentations, case studies and other resources:
https://www.nmc.org.uk/revalidation/resources/
Revalidation films - series of short videos on different aspects of revalidation:
https://www.nmc.org.uk/revalidation/resources/films/
Information for confirmers - details what confirmers need to do before providing confirmation:
https://www.nmc.org.uk/revalidation/confirmers-and-employers/confirmers/
Information for employers - explains what revalidation means for employers or organisations where nurses and midwives work:
https://www.nmc.org.uk/revalidation/confirmers-and-employers/employers/
Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
RCN revalidation pages: https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/revalidation
10 most common myths about revalidation:
https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/revalidation/10-most-common-myths-about-revalidation
Eight ways to improve your reflection:
https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/revalidation/eight-ways-to-improve-your-reflection
How social media can help you revalidate:
Revalidation requirements - continuing professional development:
https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/revalidation/continuing-professional-development
10 ways to prepare for revalidation:
https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/revalidation/10-ways-to-prepare-for-revalidation
Annual Review Form for midwives - NHS England and NHS Improvement form endorsed by the RCN:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/london/our-work/midwives-annual-rev/
Royal College of Midwives (RCM)
RCM Website: https://www.rcm.org.uk/
RCM i-learn and i-folio - RCM members have access to a huge resource of free online courses through the RCM's e-learning platform, i-learn. They also get free access to the RCM's e-portfolio system, i-folio, which provides an online portfolio in which to record all professional development: https://www.rcm.org.uk/promoting/learning-careers/i-learn-and-i-folio/
Other online resources
BJN Inform: https://www.bjninform.com/
NHS Employers - revalidation for nurses and midwives:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/professional-regulation
Nursing Times - Online support for your NMC revalidation: https://www.nursingtimes.net/learning-units-and-portfolio/
Nursing Times article - Using reflection on reading for revalidation:
RCNi revalidation resources: https://rcni.com/revalidation
The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical and Cancer Nursing Procedures: https://www.rmmonline.co.uk/
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