Master of Health Sciences (Specialist Nursing)
College of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Sciences
Key facts
Entry requirements
All applicants must meet the following entry requirements:
1. Have attained Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing (Level 9) with an aggregated mark of at least 60%.
2. Be a registered nurse on the General, Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse divisions of the active Register maintained by An Bord Altranais;
or
Hold a professional nursing qualification deemed to be equivalent by the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences;
or
Hold an appropriate active nursing registration as recognised in the country in which they practice
3. Have practised as a nurse for a minimum of two years post registration (exclusive of post-registration/educational programmes).
Duration:
1 year, full-time
Next start date: September 2012
ECTS weighting: 90
Average intake: 6 (minimum)
Closing date:
Please see the offer round dates for further information.
Blended learning
Course overview
This one year programme has been developed to meet the requirements of the Nursing community, specialist practice units and An Bord Altranais policy criteria.
Lifelong learning is a continually supportive process that stimulates and empowers individuals to acquire the knowledge, values, skills and understanding they will require throughout their lifetime and apply them with confidence. The development of the Master of Health Sciences (Specialist Nursing) programme has been guided by the principles of lifelong learning.
Nursing practice is becoming increasingly specialised and complex and practitioners need to be able to respond to this complexity and be flexible and adaptive to change. To ensure that health care is cost effective and appropriate it is also important that clinical actions are based upon research evidence. Practitioners therefore require critical, analytical and reflective skills and also a breadth and depth of knowledge and research understanding to underpin practice. Nurses work in a multidisciplinary health environment and are partners in care with other healthcare professionals. It is important that the educational preparation for nurses enable them to develop the requisite skills and knowledge to function as equal partners, this is particularly important as educational preparation for other health professionals is at degree level and beyond. This programme offers specialist nurses with the opportunity to meet these challenges of health care. The programme involves a taught research methods module to support the completion of a research dissertation
Course outline
Programme content (subject to change)
Course title
1st year
Applied Clinical Research
Clinical Research Dissertation
Applications and selections
Applications are made online via The Postgraduate Applications Centre (PAC). Relevant PAC application code(s) above.
Who teaches this course?
Adrienne W. Montgomery, Dip Nursing (Lond), MN (Wales)
Professor Kathleen Murphy, RN, RNT, Dip Nursing, Dip Nursing Education, MSc, BA, PhD.
Dr. Adeline Cooney, M Med Sc, BNS, RGN, RNT, PhD.
Declan Devane, MSc., Pg Dip (Stats), BSc, Dip HE, RGN, RM, RNT
Dr. Maura Dowling, MSc, BNS, RNT, RGN, RM, Cert. Oncology, PhD
Dr. Dympna Casey, RGN, BA, MA, PhD
Find out more
Adrienne Montgomery
T +353 91 492 998
E adrienne.montgomery@nuigalway.ie
W www.nuigalway.ie/nursing.midwifery/
