General Nurse Application and Registration Process for An Bord Altranais:

Applicant reviews Information for Applicants who completed their training outside Ireland
Applicant completes the Request for Personalised Application Form for Registration with An Bord Altranais
available on the ABA website and includes the accompanying registration fee
Received in ABA Post room and opened
Payment processed in Accounts Department
Further
information
letter sent by
ABA

Incomplete

Registration Department: Application form with unique identifier number and

relevant sections (A/B/C/D/E) sent by ABA to the applicant
(Internal verification process/ checklists completed)
(NB. Do NOT copy for other applicants)

Applicant completes application form

Completed
application
form sent to
ABA
(Authorisation
for Licensed
Recruitment
Agency
completed as
required)

Form A sent to
Training
Institution where
general nurse
education/
training took
place
(Non EU applicants
or EU applicants
who do NOT meet
EU Directive)

Form B sent to
Current/ Most
Recent Employer

Form C sent
to Relevant
Competent/
Regulatory
Authority

(< 12 month duration,

nd
2 reference is
required)
(Non EU applicants or
EU applicants who do
NOT meet EU
Directive)

Form D sent
to Examining
Authority

Form E sent
to Coordinator of
Graduate
Nurse
Programme

(Non-EU
applicants
only)

(Australia and
US applicants)

(One form for

each country
worked in)
(All Applicants)

MUST be returned directly to ABA

(NOT to applicant)

Received in ABA Post room

Further information
letter sent by ABA
Received in Registration Department
(Internal verification process/ checklists completed)
EU Trained
Applicants
who meet EU
Directive
2005/36/EC
for direct
entry

Non EU Trained Applicants or EU

Applicants who do not meet EU
Directive 2005/36/EC

Incomplete

Additional
documentation or
clarification required

Adaptation Placement
Arranged by Applicant/
Employer and
Completed

Educational Assessment undertaken

by ABA
Can be up to a 6 week process
(NB. This is done on a sessional basis by staff
contracted in)

Confirmation to
recommend or
not sent to ABA

Adaptation
Required

Registration Decision by ABA

NB. Prepared by Sinad Morrissey, Practice Development Facilitator, NHI to clarify process for NHI members

Registered
Refused