The Association is established to:

• Promote and develop Practice Development within the Nursing and Midwifery, Professions.
• Demonstrate the value that Professional and Practice Development has for the overall delivery of nursing and midwifery care and services.
• Provide peer support and facilitate the sharing of practices.
• To disseminate professional, public and political awareness of the Irish Nursing and Midwifery Practice Development Association and its members through media publicity and local, national and international presentation.
• To provide a forum for decision making in relation to practice development issues, through the use of networks and regular communication.
• To act as a resource for other healthcare professional in terms of improving patient/client care.