You must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia to practise as a nurse and / or midwife. Registered nurses and midwives provide care and administer medicine to patients and, depending on their qualifications and experience, may use the protected titles:
- nurse
- enrolled nurse
- registered nurse
- nurse practitioner
- midwife
- midwife practitioner.
There are five types of registration offered to practitioners:
- general
- provisional
- limited
- non-practising
- student.