Overview
The MSc in Nursing is a full time programme tailored specifically for non-EU students. The total number of credits taken is 90 and the programme is delivered full time over 1 calendar year which commences in September of each year.
The course content is mainly delivered through face to face lectures/tutorials and supervision sessions. Some modules are delivered in a hybrid format. This means that the course content is delivered in 2 ways either face to face or online in a blended format using a virtual learning environment, known as Canvas.
The programme is designed to enable Master’s Students to practise and teach from a scientific and evidence base. The specific focus of the programme is to facilitate personal, professional and scholarly development in students and to enable graduates to lead with knowledge and integrity based on a caring philosophy in an increasingly complex health-care environment.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| NU6070 | Clinical Leadership & Management for Practice Enhancement in Nursing & Midwifery | 10 |
| NU6084 | Health Assessment and Physical Examination Skills | 10 |
| NU6085 | Wound Care for Healthcare Professionals | 5 |
| NU6152 | Medical and Surgical Nursing of Individuals with Cardiorespiratory Problems | 10 |
| NU6201 | Personal and Professional Portfolio | 10 |
| NU6202 | The Principles and Methods of Evidence Based Practice Health Care | 15 |
| NU6203 | Challenges to Global Health: Ethical, Legal, Social and Cultural Perspectives | 10 |
| NU6073 | Dissertation in Nursing | 20 |
| Total Credits | 90 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for MSc (Nursing) (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme pathway, students should be able to:
- Exercise enhanced personal and professional competence through accountability and autonomy in professional practice;
- Practice with greater insight of the research-base, ethical, socio-political and professional underpinnings of nursing/midwifery and health care;
- Demonstrate higher levels of judgment in the practice of nursing/midwifery through the generation of nursing knowledge for innovative nursing and midwifery practice;
- Critically reflect on how practitioners engage with evidence-based practice;
- Teach others from a broad and in-depth knowledge base, derived from critical reflection on nursing practice and the development of critical inquiry of disciplinary knowledge base in nursing and midwifery;
- Assume clinical leadership roles that influence quality improvement in practice and organisational change.
