Nursing - Emergency Nursing
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.
| Award Name | Postgraduate Diploma (Level 9 NFQ) |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | Major |
| Awarding Body | National University of Ireland |
| NFQ Level | Level 9 NFQ |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postgraduate Diploma (Level 9 NFQ) | Major | National University of Ireland | Level 9 NFQ |
Duration
1 year Part-time. Blended learning.
Entry Requirements
To be eligible for the programme you must:
• Be an active RGN with the 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.
Further information
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 Emergency Nursing – delivered in partnership with Beaumont Hospital – offers you the opportunity to work and learn in a dynamic and ever-changing environment.
As a student on this fully accredited one-year part-time programme, you will gain experience of caring for patients with a variety of complex needs and have the opportunity to work alongside our ANPs in services such as Rapid Access Treatment Service (RATS), Minor Assessment Treatment (MATU) and chest pain.
In addition, as Beaumont Hospital is a national referral centre, you will also gain knowledge and experience in caring for patients with specialist needs such as neurosurgery, neurology (interventional radiology), ENT, renal, vascular and urology, and have ample opportunity to learn from experts in these fields.
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 in Emergency Nursing, 10, Assignment
• Acute Medical, Surgical and Trauma Emergency Nursing, 10, Examination
• Consolidating and Advancing Practice in Emergency Nursing, 10, Assignmen
This programme will provide you with the skills and knowledge to critically:
• Evaluate the holistic assessment of the patient and family who present to the emergency department (ED) in emergency and non-emergency situations.
• Explore the nursing management of patients with acute psychiatric disorders and alcohol related illness in the ED.
• Discuss the ongoing management and nursing interventions of patients with specific acute surgical illness.
• Evaluate the role of the nurse and the MDT in the provision of advanced trauma life support.
• Evaluate the nursing management of patients with medical and cardiac illness.
• Evaluate the role of the nurse in the management of patients who require advanced airway management and advanced cardiac life support.
Contact us
The staff of the RCSI School of Nursing & Midwifery are more than happy to assist you with queries relating to our programmes. Feel free to call us, email or visit us at 123 St Stephen's Green.
Tel: +353 1 402 5137/5136
Email: nursing@rcsi.ie