Postgraduate courses in Nursing

12 week (Level 9, 10 credit, Special Purpose Award), developed in collaboration with Galway Clinic – provides Registered Nurses with the knowledge and skills to engage in safe practice with regards to procedural sedation within their scope of practice. In line with International Accreditation Standards it is acknowledged that Sedation and anaesthesia use are complex…

A 13-week, 30 credit Certificate designed for professionals working in areas that cater for people with palliative and/or end of life care needs. We are now accepting applications for the September 2021 intake. This programme provides for those who wish to develop competence in caring for persons and their families requiring palliative and end of…

The aim of this programme is to support Registered Nurses to adhere to internationally recognised best practice guidance in Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory nursing care. For many nurses working in the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory, this will be an upskilling programme, providing contextual skills and competencies to build, promote and manage their patient cohort.

This micro-credential expands the nurse/midwife’s scope of practice to include radiological referral and allows them to practice at the top of their licence in meeting service needs.  Through this micro-credential, nurses/midwives can be equipped with the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies to refer persons for radiological and other imaging procedures safely and within the…

This micro-credential is for registered nurses/midwives who prescribe medications, prescribers working in other jurisdictions who wish to prescribe in Ireland. Successful completion of this micro-credential addresses the mandatory regulatory requirement for registration as a nurse/midwife prescriber with NMBI.   It will cover content relating to professional accountability and responsibility in relation to nurse prescribing. Learners will…

Nurses in intellectual disability (ID) work in a broad range of services including long-stay settings, community, day-care, care of the older person, child and adolescent. Nurses in ID have a diversity of roles, on a continuum ranging from intensive physical nursing of persons with a severe degree of disability to supportive guidance in the management…

A 60 credit postgraduate diploma designed for professionals working in areas that cater for people with palliative and/or end of life care needs. We are now accepting applications for the September 2022 intake. This programme provides for those who wish to develop competence in caring for persons and their families requiring palliative and end of…