How to submit your revalidation application
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How to submit your revalidation application

Lyn Middleton Senior nurse, Revalidation Team, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, South East Wales
Denise Llewellyn Executive director of nursing, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Headquarters, St Cadoc’s Hospital, Caerleon, South East Wales

Rationale and key points

This is the final in a series of eight articles providing information about the Nursing and Midwifery Council revalidation process. This article focuses on submitting a revalidation application to the NMC.

Nurses and midwives must demonstrate that they have: completed 450 hours of practice, or 900 hours if revalidating as both a nurse and midwife; undertaken 35 hours of continuing professional development, 20 hours of which must be participatory; recorded five examples of feedback on their practice; written five reflective accounts; had a reflective discussion with an NMC registrant; and sought confirmation that they have met these requirements.

Nurses and midwives who fail to submit their revalidation application by the stated date will put the renewal of their registration at risk.

Reflective activity

‘How to’ revalidate articles can help to update your practice and provide information about the revalidation process, including how you can submit your revalidation application. Reflect on and write a short account of:

The professional accountability associated with declaring that you have met the revalidation requirements.

How you could use this article to educate your colleagues.

Subscribers can upload their reflective accounts at: rcni.com/portfolio.

Nursing Standard. 30, 49, 40-43. doi: 10.7748/ns.2016.e10555

Correspondence

carolyn.middleton@wales.nhs.uk

Peer review

All articles are subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software

Conflict of interest

None declared

Received: 05 May 2016

Accepted: 02 June 2016

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