Course details
The MSc Nursing Studies aims to build on your existing knowledge and skills to enhance professional practice and support career development. The course has been designed to provide you with opportunities to act as a practice innovator and to demonstrate higher levels of judgment and autonomy in your area of nursing. The course will develop your professional expertise, research skills and critical inquiry. MSc Nursing Studies is an investment in your career and your professional practice.
Course Details
Students take 60 credits in Year 1 and 30 credits in Year 2.
- In Year 1 students take three core modules which include; Practice Enhancement (10 credits), Research Methods (10 credits) and a Personal & Professional Portfolio (10 credits). Students can choose a further 30 credits from a range of modules subject to availability e.g. Person Centred Care, Nursing & Midwifery Management & Development, Patient Safety and more.
- In year 2 students take an ‘Advanced Research Methods’ module (10 credits) in semester one and undertake a research study in semester two (Dissertation 20 credits).
On completion of the MSc Nursing Studies, students will be able to:
- act as innovators and leaders in a chosen area and contribute to practice development and best practice
- practise with greater insight of the research-base, ethical, socio-political and professional underpinnings of nursing/midwifery and health care in Ireland
- exercise enhanced personal and professional competence through accountability and autonomy in professional practice
- critically review research evidence as applied to an area of professional practice
- demonstrate vision of professional practice that can be developed both within and beyond scope of practice.
Detailed Entry Requirements
- have a minimum of an honours primary degree in Nursing, Midwifery or equivalent qualification approved by the College of Medicine and Health);
- hold professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland or be eligible for such registration
Assessment
A range of continuous assessments are used across the modules. These include essays, oral presentations, reflective reports, practice innovation reports and professional portfolios
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About University College Cork
UCC was established in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges - at Cork, Galway and Belfast. These new colleges theyre established in the reign of Queen Victoria, and named after her.
Queen's College, Cork (QCC) was established to provide access to higher education in the Irish province of Munster. Cork was chosen for the new college due to its place at the centre of transatlantic trade at the time and the presence of existing educational initiatives such as the Royal Cork Institution and a number of private medical schools.
The site chosen for the new college was dramatic and picturesque, on the edge of a limestone bluff overlooking the River Lee. It is associated with the educational activities of a local early Christian saint, Finbarr. It is believed that his monastery and school stood nearby, and his legend inspired UCC’s motto: ‘Where Finbarr Taught, let Munster Learn.’
On 7 November 1849, QCC opened its doors to a small group of students (only 115 students in that first session, 1849-1850) after a glittering inaugural ceremony in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall), which is still the symbolic and ceremonial heart of the University.
The limestone buildings of the Main Quadrangle (as it is now known) are built in a style inspired by the great universities of the Middle Ages, and theyre designed by the gifted architectural partnership of Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward. The iconic image of UCC, it is set in landscaped gardens and surrounds the green lawn known to all as the Quad.
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