Endorsements and Notations

Endorsements

The endorsement of registration identifies registered nurses and midwives with additional qualifications and specific expertise who meet the requirements of the relevant registration standard.

Nurse practitioner – includes prescribing scheduled medicines.

Midwife - prescribe scheduled medicines.

Note: Midwife practitioner - refer Position statement on midwife practitioners.

For more information about endorsement of registration, please refer to the following documents.

Nurse practitioner

Document name	PDF	Accessible format	Document date
Registration standard: Endorsement as a nurse practitioner	PDF (173KB)	Word version (393KB,DOCX)	1 June 2016
Safety and quality guidelines for nurse practitioners	PDF (172KB)	Web page	1 June 2016
Guidelines: For nurses applying for endorsement as a nurse practitioner	PDF (129KB)	Web page	1 June 2016
Application for endorsement as a nurse practitioner - AENP-40	PDF (1.12MB)	N/A	14 June 2016

Related fact sheets

Fact sheet: Advanced nursing practice and specialty areas within nursing

Midwife - prescribe scheduled medicines

Document name	PDF	Accessible format	Document date
Registration standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives	PDF (173KB)	Word version (395KB,DOCX)	1 January 2017
Fact sheet: Endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives	PDF (184KB)	Web page	1 January 2017
Guidelines: For midwives applying for endorsement for scheduled medicines	PDF (62.1 KB)	Web page	1 January 2017
Application for endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives - AESM-40	PDF (1.18MB)	N/A	1 January 2017

Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives

Document name	PDF	Accessible format	Document date
Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives	PDF (427KB)	Web page	1 July 2023
Fact sheet: Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives	PDF (51.4KB)	Web page	1 July 2023

Notations

A notation records a limitation on the practice of a nurse/midwife. It is used to describe and explain the scope of a nurse/midwife’s practice by noting the limitations on that practice. The notation does not change the nurse/midwife’s scope of practice but may reflect the requirements of a registration standard.

Enrolled nurse notation - this applies to enrolled nurses who do not hold an NMBA-approved qualification in medication administration.

Fact sheet: Enrolled nurses and medicine administration

Sole qualification notation – this applies to registered nurses with a sole qualification in mental health nursing, paediatric nursing or disability nursing

Fact sheet: Registered nurses with a sole qualification in mental health nursing, paediatric nursing or disability nursing.

Document name	PDF	Accessible format	Document date
Application for addition of notation - ANMV-40	PDF (856 KB)	N/A	14 August 2020