Our standards for education and training apply to all Approved Education Institutions (AEIs) and are set out in three parts: Part one: Standards framework for nursing and midwifery education; Part two: Standards for student supervision and assessment; and Part three: programme standards, which are the standards specific for each pre-registration or post-registration programme. AEIs must comply with our standards to be approved to run any NMC approved programmes.
Together, the standards for education and training aim to provide AEIs and their practice learning partners with the flexibility to develop innovative approaches to education for nurses, midwives and nursing associates, while
being accountable for the local delivery and management of approved programmes in line with our standards.
Legislative framework
Article 15(1) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 (‘the Order’)1 requires the Council to establish standards for education and training which are necessary to achieve the standards of proficiency for admission to the register, as required by Article 5(2) of the Order. The Standards for pre-registration nursing programmes are established under the provision of Article 15(1) of the Order.
Article 5(2) of the Order requires the NMC to establish standards of proficiency necessary to be admitted to each part of the register and for safe and effective practice under that part of the register. The standards of proficiency have been established under this provision.
Previous
