HOW TO RENEWAL NURSING LICENSE ONLINE

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HOW TO RENEWAL NURSING LICENSE ONLINE

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This is to inform all
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has made good her promise for renewal of license goes online.
Nurses and Midwives registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria that the applications for renewal of licenses and change of name (for female only) are to be made online with effect from July 1st, 2019.

Paper/Manual application for license renewal ceases with effect from September 30th, 2019.

Nurses and Midwives registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria applying for renewal of license or change of name are to visit the portal https://license.nmcn.gov.ng and then click on apply for license renewal to initiate the application.


Please note that any Nurse/Midwife who is yet to complete his/her professional Update Form will not be to apply online for license renewal. These Nurses/Midwives are to visit the portal www.portal.nmcn.gov.ng or follow this link http://portal.nmcn.gov.ng/nurses/add to complete their PUF application.

[*]All required documents to be uploaded must be scanned as original document (colour) in any of PDF/JPEG/PNG format and should not exceed 200kb

[*]Photocopy document is not acceptable. Passport photograph to be uploaded must not exceed 100kb

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You can update your profile.
Please note that any Nurse/Midwife who is yet to complete his/her professional Update Form will not be to apply online for license renewal. These Nurses/Midwives are to visit the portal www.portal.nmcn.gov.ng or follow this link http://portal.nmcn.gov.ng/nurses/add to complete their PUF application.

Update August 2021
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria will today begin the implementation of the revised chargeable fees for her services. This was made known in a letter cited which was signed by the Head of Accounting unit of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, dated July 1st, 2021 and addressed to the head of Nursing and Health institutions nationwide.
Below is the new service charges according to the circular :

Renewal of licence N13, 125
Re-issue of lost document N10,937 per document
Penalty for late renewal N6, 562 per year of default.

Verification of licence to foreign organisation has also increased.

Below is the newly approved verification fees:

Online Verification to UK Nursing Board N21, 875
Verification to any other country N66, 875 per certificate
To whom it May Concern N10, 937

Others include:

Change of Name: N10, 937
Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria Council Examination registration fees for Basic Nursing students is now N48, 748
For Basic Midwifery N59, 685
Registration of Nurses and Midwives after successful examinations cost N42, 967 while Postgraduate registration goes for N61, 092

Registration of foreign trained Nurses

Application cost N13, 125
Application fee covering indexing and other logistics cost N188, 000
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Dear Professional colleague,

Greetings from Nursing and Midwifey Council of Nigeria (NMCN).

As part of our efforts to automate many of the applications for our services, we are excited as Council to inform you that we have launched our online application for licence renewal. The available services on this platform at the moment are application for change of Name and Licence renewal.

Please note that your account has been created.

As this account will be used to update your records with NMCN, it is important that you activate the account and update your profile in our database for us to you serve better. Click on this link https://licence.nmcn.gov.ng/Account/Signup, follow the process by providing your nursing or midwifery registration number and surname to activate your account.

You will gain immediate access to your account after you have successfully created your username and password. You are expected to update your profile on a regular basis especially if you have changed your employment, retired, relocated to another state or outside the Country, obtained new Nursing or Midwifery qualification etc.

However, many of your colleagues will not have received an email on this but they can get access by registering using the link below. Please pass this on to all colleagues. https://licence.nmcn.gov.ng/Account/Signup.

Furthermore, should you have a challenge in activating your account online, please send us a message using this link https://licence.nmcn.gov.ng/Support.

Finally, if you have activated your account and updated your profile, please ignore this message.

The NMCN count on your support in promoting Excellence in Nursing Profession in Nigeria

Thank you

NMCN Team.
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Update on online Nursing License Renewal in Nigeria

1- NMCouncil accept only WECA approved online certificate.

2- WECA approved certificates attract only 3 credit unit, no matter the number of certificates one obtained.

3- Renewal of license requires 6credit unit, as such one most have a 3credit unit from council approved MCPDP + 3 credit unit from the online CPD.

4- one cannot used “only” online CDP for license renewal.
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NMCN is providing all members with a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) online platform and Mobile Application.

The App now contains COVID 19 Resources and you will be able to access education from the Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Midwives and many other respected educators for Free.

Please complete your registration now so we can send you the instructions to download the App and your username and password
https://engagement.wcea.education/nmcn
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COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: Nurses now needs only 3CEU to renew an expired license.
You can do the free course online via WCEA application. 30 courses are needed to be completed for you to get 3CEU.

Check the NMCN website for more details.

P.S: It will be reversed to 6CEU once the lockdown is lifted.
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WCEA license Renewal

Full details and process on how to register and use the WCEA course to apply for your license online.

Note:

You can only renew your license if it has expired.
But if your license has not expired, you can just take the courses and keep the certificate.
Council requires 3CPD Points which is same as 30Contact hours of WCEA, so you can either use one MCPDP certificate to apply now or 30Contact hour of your WCEA.

STEP 1
Register and take your WCEA course
-Register online first on NMCN PORTAL to get your username and password.
The link for the registration on NMCN PORTAL is https://licence.nmcn.gov.ng/Profile
-nextbdownload the app from your phones playstore and launch it.
-it will require you to change the password before proceeding.
-take the courses listed, there is a lot of them.
-Most COVID related courses have 0.5contact hours. But take courses as you like and make sure to be learning from them.
-make sure to take the post exam evaluation to be certified, the certificates are pilled up on the app under the icon of a graduation cap🎓
-after completing the required hours of courses, merge and compress the certificates.
-go to your play store and download
*PDF merger and PDF compressor*

Merge all the certificates first, then compress the merged certificate.
-make sure to name the file clearly and save in a folder to be accessed easily.
-do not use a one time password when merging... Click skip instead so you can proceed to compress it later.
-compress the document by choosing the file and should be lower than 200kb after compressing it.

STEP 2
Log in and activate your account on nmcn website
-first fill a form here https://licence.nmcn.gov.ng/Account/Signup to activate your profile on the council portal
-Then fill steps 1-3 with your details and neccesary documents
-Under step 3 is where you need your wcea certificate.
-fill your geopolitical zone, state and the ministry of health where you will pick up the license when ready.
-when asked if you have done mcpdp, click Yes
-next click Cpdp/workshop.
-on the next page scroll down to the bottom of options, them click WCEA
-Click Upload the certificate and choose the compressed named certificate not more than 200kb option from your phone then upload.
-it can only accept one certificate so be sure it's the full compressed certificate you click on.

STEP 3
Generate remitta on the license page and make payment, you can use online banking from your phone and make sure to download the receipt for uploading
-license renewal is #10,500 and penalty of #5,500 for each default year.
-so if your license expired last December, you will pay penalty fee.
-upload the receipt and wait for your license to be ready.

If you have any problems with password or like-issues, kindly send a mail to https://licence.nmcn.gov.ng/Support for help

PS... The exact waiting time for the renewed license to be ready is not stated.
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Have you started your online mcpdp? I just renewed my license with it, you can imagine I didn't have to spend a dime on mcpdp, grab your opportunity now, click the link to register free of charge
https://engagement.wcea.education/NMCN? ... de=1803868
You can do the course, generate your summary and use it for renewal when your License expires, this is the best offer from Nursing council in recent times
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Notice! Notice!! Notice!!!

FREE ACCESS TO ONLINE CPD FOR LICENSE RENEWAL

Click on the link below to access 3 unit courses for free:

https://engagement.wcea.education/NMCN? ... de=1368769

To support all NMCN members in 2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife, NMCN is providing with Free Access to the CPD App and online platform.

I hope you enjoy the courses.

Register to get access to 3 units for license renewal now

Click on the link below to register

https://engagement.wcea.education/NMCN? ... de=1368769

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