Overview

NFQ Level 9, Major Award

Note: This programme has been revised for students entering from 2021/22 onwards.

The MSc (Nursing) for Non-EU applicants is a full-time programme (i.e. 90 credits) taken over 12 months from the date of first registration (commencing in September of each year). The Masters degree is aimed at developing the foundations of knowledge gained in the Bachelor's degree and is designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop skills and knowledge applicable to current practice. It is a non-clinical Masters degree.

Repeat Year Arrangements

Students who entered the programme prior to 2021/22 and are required subsequently to repeat one or more modules in a repeat year will do so under the revised curriculum and associated regulations detailed on this page. In the event that a student fails one or more modules, special repeat arrangements will be made for that student continue to avail of current modules.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements. 

Programme Requirements

Module List

Code	Title	Credits
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.