Nursing - Neuroscience Nursing

Why study nursing and midwifery at RCSI Dublin?

Educating future leaders in healthcare delivery and related research is at the core of the mission of the RCSI School of Nursing & Midwifery. The School aims to develop caring, reflective nursing and midwifery practitioners who can seek out and use research-based knowledge to improve patient care.



We are committed to providing students with outcome-focused curricula shaped by innovative teaching and learning practices. We have a long association with postgraduate nursing and midwifery education and are the largest such school in Ireland.



We aspire to become recognised leaders in the provision of health sciences education, both nationally and internationally. The suite of programmes we offer nurses and midwives in pursuit of postgraduate education is continually evolving in response to the needs within the healthcare service.



Our goal is to empower nurses and midwives to be able to demonstrate the difference they make to practice, and in doing so, to be able to respond accordingly to the leadership and professional challenges that they face every day.



Course Details

The Postgraduate Diploma in Neuroscience Nursing offers suitably qualified nurses the opportunity to develop specialist knowledge and skills in the exciting and often fascinating area of neurosciences.



Delivered in partnership with Beaumont Hospital, this one-year part-time programme offers you the opportunity to apply theory to practice during clinical placements in the areas of neuroscience intensive care, neuromedicine and neurosurgery.



Through this mix of clinical and classroom learning experiences, students will develop as critical and reflective practitioners with the clinical judgement, problem-solving, communication and team skills necessary to care for patients with complex neuroscience conditions.

Modules

A blended learning approach is utilised in this programme, to promote lifelong learning and professional development for all nursing staff.



The first three modules are delivered in RCSI with the remaining three modules and clinical component delivered in Beaumont Hospital.



The programme modules are:

Module name Credits Assessment method



Advanced Research Methods 10 Assignment

Advanced Leadership - Professional & Clinical 10 Assignment

Professional Critical Reflexivity and Competence 10 Assignment and clinical portfolio

Core Concepts of Neuroscience Nursing 10 Assignment

Care of Patients with Acute, Complex Neuroscience Conditions 10 Examination

Consolidating Practice within the Neuroscience Setting 10 Case study and poster presentation

To be eligible for the programme you must:

• Be an active RGN with NMBI.

• Hold a NFQ level 8 qualification such as a BSc or equivalent.

• Be currently working in the speciality area.



Please note:

*If you do not hold a level 8 qualification, you may still be eligible to join the programme through our pathway programme, please contact us for further information on this route.

1 year part-time. Blended learning.

Fees and funding

•Total fees: Fees are currently being reviewed for 2020/21 and will be released shortly.


Please note

•Your annual fees include the €45 NUI fee.

•There is a non-refundable online application fee of €50.

•Fees can be paid by bank transfer, cheque (made payable to 'RCSI') or bank giro. Full details on fee payment will be emailed to you shortly before the commencement of your programme.

•You can pay your fees in three instalments – one payment of 40% is due before you commence the programme, while the remaining payments can be paid in two 30% instalments in November and February of your year of study.

•If you meet the criteria for a Non-EU student please contact us for more information on fee payments