Course Description
Micro-credential - Nurse/Midwife Authority to Refer for Radiological Procedures
To equip nurses/midwives with the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes and competencies to refer persons for radiological and other imaging procedures safely and within the practitioner’s scope of practice.
- Risk Management
- Evidence-based practice and clinical governance in relation to referring for medical radiological procedures
- Legislation for nursing/midwifery referral for medical radiological procedures
- Legal liability and clinical indemnity for referral for medical radiological procedures
- Principles of ionising radiation
- Radiation physics
- Radiation biology
- Imaging modalities
- Dosimetry
- Principles of the referral process for medical radiological procedures
- Collaboration referral process with other Health Care Professionals
- Principles of radiation protection
- The justification process
- Practical aspects of radiation protection in X-ray
- Radiation protection during pregnancy
- Radiation protection techniques
- Writing and processing an x-ray request form
- National and local health care providers’ guidelines, policies & protocols for referral for medical radiological procedures
Nursing & Midwifery – Courses – Trinity College Dublin (tcd.ie)
| College | Trinity College Dublin |
| Course Location | Dublin |
| Location Postcode | Dublin 2 |
| Course Category | Nursing, Medicine & Healthcare |
| Awarding Body | Trinity College Dublin |
| Awarding Body Details | 5 ECTS |
| Course Start Date | 9th November 2021 |
| Course Duration | 1 Semester |
| Course Fee | €750 - €1,000 |
| Entry Requirements | • Minimum of one year’s professional registration with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland and experience • Currently work in an area where nurse/midwife authority to refer for radiological procedures is supported Application Deadline: August 28th 2021 • Honours degree in a relevant discipline (however, relevant experience will also be taken into account- Evidence of completion of Physical Health assessment module previously and/or of previous hospital/locally provided in-house education related to the practice of referring for radiological procedures accompanied by practice for minimum of 3 years) • Satisfy the selection panel This micro-credential will also run in January 2022 |
| Course Code | DPENM-ARRP-1M09 |
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