MSc (Nursing) (Non-EU)
Overview
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For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Code | Title | Credits |
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Students take 90 credits as follows: | ||
Core Modules | ||
Part I | ||
NU6070 | Clinical Leadership in Practice Enhancement for Nursing and 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 |
Part II | ||
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.