Nursing in Leadership & Quality Healthcare - Athlone

The Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing in Leadership and Quality Healthcare programme is aimed at nurses who wish to advance their academic and professional development. The nursing profession is dynamic and evolving with societal needs and care needs of individuals, families and communities. Nurses are challenged by the sophistication of technological, medical and social advancement and with the ever-increasing divergence in social inequalities, presenting nursing with a new agenda for transformation. The Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing in Leadership and Quality Healthcare programme provides the nurse with a broad-based educational experience to practise at a higher level incorporating key concepts such as clinical decision-making, professional leadership, and quality initiatives. Upon successful completion of this programme, graduates will have developed a mastery of complex and specialised knowledge and a critical awareness of issues at the forefront of nursing. They will have an advanced understanding of how techniques of enquiry enable the critical and objective analysis, interpretation and scholarly evidence. Graduates are ideally placed to progress to postgraduate diploma studies.

Semester 1

Nursing in a Modern Health System Credits: 10

Clinical Leadership and Management Credits: 10



Semester 2

Quality Initiatives and Outcomes Credits: 10

A Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Level 8) or equivalent qualification is required for entry to this programme.



Students prior learning may also be recognised including: prior experiential (non-certified) and accredited (certified) learning. Recognition of prior learning (RPL) will be applied to enable applicants with a nonclassified award or a pre-Bachelors award, to progress to postgraduate studies where applicable, adhering to standard RPL application criteria set by TUS.



Applicants gaining admission using APEL are required to provide the submittal of documentary evidence to support his/her application in line with TUS requirements. Applicants to this programme who are applying for recognition of prior learning (RPL), must be registered/or be eligible for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in any of the divisions of the nursing or midwifery register.

1 year, full-time or part-time.

Further Study

Graduates from the Postgraduate Certificate having obtained a 2H2 classification will be ideally positioned to progress onto the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing in Leadership and Quality Healthcare.



Career Opportunities

From this Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing in Leadership and Quality Healthcare have the potential for employment in multiple domains of practice. There are numerous areas for career advancement, both nationally and internationally, with postgraduate level attainment identified as an essential requirement for career progression and promotion in administrative and clinical managerial posts.