MNMC Midwife

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, a category B parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Health established by Decree No. 89, 1979, now the Nursing and Midwifery (Registration etc) Act, Cap. N143, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. It is the statutory body regulating nursing and midwifery education and practice.

The published domains are midwifery education standards, professional midwifery practice, professional ethics and code of conduct, and quality of care to individuals, families and groups. Expect questions tying clinical judgement to the Council's regulatory standards, its Code of Conduct, and its stated objectives of quality education, high practice standards and professional discipline.

The NMCN does not publish a question count or duration on its website, so treat any specific figure you see elsewhere with caution. Plan your revision to cover all four domains rather than optimising for a rumoured item count, and confirm timing with the Council or your training institution before exam day.

Neither the pass mark nor the retake policy appears in the Council's published information. Do not rely on second-hand figures. Check the NMCN portal, circulars and your school's examination office for the current rule, and build a margin of safety by aiming well above any minimum you are told.

Start with ethics and code of conduct, since those questions are definitional and quick to secure. Then work through professional practice and quality of care, which reward clinical reasoning. Finish with education standards, which cover regulation, accreditation and approved programmes and are easiest to revise from official circulars late in preparation.

The NMCN website publishes circulars, forms, MCPDP guidelines, the Code of Conduct, approved schools and programme requirements. Download the circulars and code directly rather than relying on summaries, because regulatory wording is often tested verbatim. This platform's questions are original and independent of those documents.

Candidates lose marks by answering from habit rather than the current regulatory wording, by confusing nursing and midwifery scope, and by neglecting ethics on the assumption it is easy. Weak performance on quality-of-care scenarios - where you must reason about families and groups, not just individuals - is another frequent gap.

No. This is independent study material written for candidates searching this exam. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. Always verify registration, fees, examination and licensing details directly with the Council and its portal.