An Bord Altranais
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An Bord Altranais is the statutory body that regulates the nursing and midwifery
profession in the Republic of Ireland
. It provides for the registration, control and education of nurses. It holds a register of nurses and midwives, whom having undergone the appropriate education, may practice as such. It can also remove nurses and midwives from the register if they are proven to be unfit to practice.
Midwifery
Midwifery is a health care profession in which providers offer care to childbearing women during pregnancy, labour and birth, and during the postpartum period. They also help care for the newborn and assist the mother with breastfeeding....
profession in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. It provides for the registration, control and education of nurses. It holds a register of nurses and midwives, whom having undergone the appropriate education, may practice as such. It can also remove nurses and midwives from the register if they are proven to be unfit to practice.