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PINM3Rs Survey

The 3Rs Survey

A National Workforce Research Instrument

PINM Pillar 4 · 2026 · Instrument v4

Time
About 15 to 20 minutes
Your answers
Anonymous, never linked to you
Start the survey
About this surveyWhy PINM is asking, and where the findings go.

The workforce crisis in nursing and midwifery is not a data problem. The data exists. What is missing is the profession’s own account of it, in its own words, independent of any employer or industrial body. That is what this survey is for: to hear directly from nurses and midwives at every stage, in every setting, at home and abroad, about why they came in, why they stay or leave, and when and why they retire.

PINM will publish findings as a National Workforce Report. The evidence will go directly into policy submissions, including the case for reimbursement and recognition of autonomous and independent nursing and midwifery practice. It will also be there to give back to the profession what the profession puts in: a clear, credible picture of what is actually happening, told by the people living it.

This includes nurses and midwives who have left Ireland, those who have left the profession, and those who have already retired.

Who should complete this surveyAny nurse or midwife, registered now or before, in Ireland or abroad. Membership is not needed.

This survey is open to any person who is, or has been, a registered nurse or registered midwife, in any setting, in Ireland or abroad. This includes:

  • Undergraduate and postgraduate students on a pre-registration nursing or midwifery programme
  • Newly qualified nurses and midwives
  • Nurses and midwives at any career stage, in any clinical, management, academic/educator or research role
  • Nurses and midwives currently practising outside Ireland, including those who trained in Ireland and emigrated
  • Nurses and midwives who have retired from practice
  • Nurses and midwives currently unemployed, on career break, or who have left the profession

You do not need to be a PINM member to complete this survey. Membership is not required and will not be requested as a condition of participation.

Time requiredAbout 15 to 20 minutes. You can stop and carry on in the same session.
It takes about 15 to 20 minutes, and your answers are anonymous.