The Verifera™ Encyclopaedia — Careers edition
NMC
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How to become a nurse in the UK — routes to NMC registration
The domestic routes to NMC registration: a nursing degree, a registered-nurse degree apprenticeship, or the nursing associate route with a top-up to RN.
✔ Verified by VeriferaCredentialNMC Revalidation
How nurses, midwives and nursing associates renew NMC registration every three years — demonstrating practice hours, CPD, reflection and confirmation.
✔ Verified by VeriferaCredentialNMC Test of Competence (CBT + OSCE)
The two-part assessment internationally-educated nurses pass to register with the NMC: a Computer-Based Test (CBT) of theory, taken online in-country, then an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), taken in the UK.
✔ Verified by VeriferaRegisterNursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
The UK regulator for nurses, midwives and nursing associates. Its register has distinct parts — Registered Nurse (four fields), Midwife, Nursing Associate and SCPHN — and a PIN's status is checkable on the online register.
✔ Verified by VeriferaProfessionNursing Associate
A distinct NMC-registered role (separate from Registered Nurse), reached via a two-year foundation degree, which can later be topped up to Registered Nurse.
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