Nursing Studies/Children's Nursing Studies
This one-year full-time course combines academic and practical learning to enable you to acquire the essential knowledge, skills and competence to work in any healthcare setting as a HCA and to progress successfully to higher education to any branch of nursing.
| Award Name | Level 5 Certificate (Level 5 NFQ) |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | Major |
| Awarding Body | QQI |
| NFQ Level | Level 5 NFQ |
| Award Name | First Aid Response |
| NFQ Classification | |
| Awarding Body | PreHospital Emergency Care Council |
| NFQ Level | |
| Award Name | Cardiac First Response |
| NFQ Classification | |
| Awarding Body | PreHospital Emergency Care Council |
| NFQ Level |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 5 Certificate (Level 5 NFQ) | Major | QQI | Level 5 NFQ |
| First Aid Response | PreHospital Emergency Care Council | ||
| Cardiac First Response | PreHospital Emergency Care Council |
Duration
1 year full-time.
Entry Requirements
Minimum Entry Requirements
Leaving Certificate: O6/H7 in 5 subjects or Leaving Certificate Applied or QQI Level 4 Equivalent qualifications will be considered. Mature applicants who have relevant industry experience and may not meet the above requirements are welcome to apply.
Careers / Further progression
Progression Opportunities
QQI 5M4349 Nursing Studies major award may be used to apply to all branches of Nursing and Midwifery in the CAO through the Higher Education Links Scheme. Our graduates secure a significant number of the available places in all branches including:
General Nursing
Midwifery
Children’s and Integrated General Nursing
Intellectual Disability Nursing
Mental Health Nursing
Many graduates choose to advance to Nursing and Midwifery in the UK where we enjoy excellent progression relation-ships with many universities including Anglia Ruskin University, Buckinghamshire New University, Universities of Sunderland and Southampton.
Further information
Start Date: September 2024.
All our courses have had the charges reduced to a €50 registration charge which you will need to pay to accept your offer. This charge covers your full course costs for the year.
Apply Online
You apply online (see "Application Weblink"). You can apply at any time.
When you complete your application, you will receive an acknowledgement email with login details, username and password, for your new account on our college applications system, MIT. You will log into the college applications system regularly to manage your application to ICFE. If you have any problems logging in please contact our Admissions office at info@inchicore.cdetb.ie
Can’t decide which course?
Our system only allows you to apply once, but you can change your mind any time. If you are interested in applying for more than one course, please contact our admissions office at the email address above and they will advise you on what to do.
Nursing Studies
About the Course
Whatever branch of nursing you choose, start your career at Inchicore College. The nursing shortage in Ireland is giving rise to an increase in university places each year and as a career with solid earning potential you’ll enjoy helping people for a living while working in a respected profession known for its comradery with co-workers and excellent career opportunities.
This one-year full-time course combines academic and practical learning to enable you to acquire the essential knowledge, skills and competence to work in any healthcare setting as a HCA and to progress successfully to higher education to any branch of nursing.
Emphasis on work experience in clinical settings will help you decide on the direction you wish to take in your nursing career, and you will be supported by our qualified registered nursing teachers and careers counsellors.
Children’s Nursing
About the Course
Being a Children’s Nurse involves everything from nursing a sick new-born infant to an adolescent injury from a sports accident. On this course you will explore how a healthy child develops towards adulthood traversing the challenges of childhood illnesses and accidents.
A child may not be able to communicate the severity and nature of pain, so you will learn the importance of your communication skills to interpret a child’s behaviour and reactions and to communicate with the wider family, including parents and carers.
Children’s Nursing takes place in a range of settings including hospitals, day care centres, clinics and in the community such as a child’s home. On this course you will learn about the role of multidisciplinary teams that look after children such as doctors, hospital play staff, healthcare assistants, psychologists and social workers.
In addition, you will have the opportunity to apply for the Erasmus+ programme which will allow you to gain work experience in a nursing environment overseas for a three week period.
Course Coordinators: Howard Lodge, Tammy O’Rourke, Margaret Noonan.
Nursing Studies:
Anatomy and Physiology
Biology
Care of the Older Person
Care Skills
Communications
Human Growth & Development
Infection Prevention and Control
Nursing Theory and Practice
Work Experience
Children’s Nursing:
Anatomy and Physiology
Care Skills
Child Health and Well Being
Children with Additional Needs
Communications
Human Growth & Development
Infection Prevention and Control
Nursing Theory and Practice
Work Experience
Course content may be revised for educational or organisational reasons.
5M4349 - Nursing Studies.
Certification: QQI Nursing Studies 5M4349
Additional Certification:
First Aid and Cardiac First Response
Manual Handling and Patient Moving
TUSLA Children First Certificate
Inchicore College of Further Education,
Emmet Road,
Dublin 8,
Ireland
t: 01 453 5358
e: info@inchicore.cdetb.ie