title: NMC defends switch to multiple choice competency test for non-UK nurses.
abstract: Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) chief executive Jackie Smith has defended the regulator's new system for registering overseas nurses. Critics have said the system lacks rigour because of how assessment has changed.
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000592:standards*; D064700:Nurses, International / Q000941:ethics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom