FAQs

Nurse Tools is a free online revalidation system designed specifically for nurses. It helps you generate, store and maintain the documentation you need for NMC revalidation.

• Records your practice hours and CPD and totals them automatically.
• Stores your reflective accounts and practice-related feedback.
• Keeps all of your revalidation documentation together in one secure place.
• No more paper records that can be lost or damaged.

Yes. Nurse Tools is completely free to use, forever, with no catches and no hidden charges. We never ask for a credit card or any payment details.

You can read the public guidance without an account. A free account is needed to save your CPD, reflections, feedback and survey results.

Yes. Nurse Tools is built around the NMC “How to revalidate” guidance and uses the same forms and templates the NMC recommends. Always check the latest NMC guidance before you submit.

Nurse Tools’ parent company, GP Tools (UK) Ltd, has provided appraisal and revalidation toolkits for UK doctors since 2003.

Near your revalidation date you nominate the NMC registrant you have your reflective discussion with, and your confirmer. They can review your evidence and sign the relevant NMC forms. You are never required to nominate them through Nurse Tools; it is simply there for your convenience.

Yes. As you add your work and CPD activities, Nurse Tools keeps a running total of your practice hours and your CPD hours, including participatory CPD, against the NMC requirements.

You create a patient survey in your account and share it with patients. Their responses are collected confidentially and gathered into a report you can use as feedback evidence.

Multi-source feedback gathers structured, confidential comments from colleagues. Once enough responses are in, Nurse Tools produces a report you can reflect on and include in your feedback evidence.

Use the password reset option on the login page. If you still cannot sign in, contact support and we will help.

Your documentation is private to your account. All traffic between your device and Nurse Tools is encrypted using SSL/TLS, the site is protected by Cloudflare, and your data is backed up regularly. You own your data, and we never sell it or share it with third parties.

We welcome responsible disclosure. If you believe you have found a security vulnerability, please email [email protected].

Our full terms and conditions are available on the Terms and Conditions page. In summary, you own your data and everything you produce using Nurse Tools, and we only ever contact you about important updates to the service.