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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 6.
Published in final edited form as: Eval Program Plann. 2014 May 1;46:17–24. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.04.008

Table 2.

Essential nursing and midwifery regulatory elements per normative bodies.

Nursing and midwifery regulatory element ICN
Model
nursing act
(ICN, 2007)		 ICM
Global standards
for midwifery
regulation
(ICM, 2011)		 WHO
Nursing and
midwifery a
guide to
professional
regulation
(WHO-EMRO, 2002)		 WHO/UNAIDS/PEPFAR
Task shifting global
recommendations
and guidelines
(WHO/PEPFAR/UNAIDS, 2008)		 ECSACON
Professional
regulatory
framework
(ECSACON, 2001)
“Standards” ✓
“Education” ✓ ✓
Competencies and content ✓
Registration ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Licensure ✓ ✓ ✓
Scope of practice ✓ ✓ ✓
Continuing professional development ✓ ✓ ✓
Accreditation ✓ ✓ ✓
Professional conduct & discipline ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Revision of nursing and midwifery legislation ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Education standards ✓ ✓
Practice standards ✓ ✓