Course details
This is an exciting new pathway of the MSc/ Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing programme, Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing (Oncology) is being offered a blended learning programme (part online and part attendance at workshops/tutorials). It is designed to meet the needs of nurses working in oncology settings who wish to undergo a specialist oncology programme.
The philosophy underpinning oncology programmes in the School recognises the uniqueness of the inpidual at each stage of the cancer care trajectory. The physical and psychosocial effect of cancer creates specific needs for patients and families from diagnosis to treatment and through to survivorship.
The course provides a structured programme of study that enables the student to develop knowledge, skills and competencies in oncology nursing practice. Blended learning approach will allow more accessibility and flexibility to students of the programme.
The postgraduate Diploma is delivered over one academic year and on successful completion of the postgraduate diploma, students can progress to the MSc in Nursing
Course Details
- NU6005 Research Methods (10 credits)
- NU6053 Ethics for Specialist Practice (5 credits)
- NU6070 Practice Enhancement for Nursing and Midwifery (10 credits)
- NU6145 Foundations of Cancer Care (10 credits)
- NU6146 Cancer Management and Supportive Cancer Care 1 (10 credits)
- NU6147 Cancer Management and Supportive Cancer Care 2 (5 credits)
Clinical Practice/Practicum modules
- NU6130 Clinical Practice in Specialist Nursing 1 (5 credits)
- NU6131 Clinical Practice in Specialist Nursing 2 (5 credits)
- Detailed Entry Requirements
- PROGRAMME PATHWAYS
There are 11 clinical pathways to the degree of Masters in Nursing, all of which have an exit route available for the award of a Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing. The pathways to degree of Masters including Postgraduate Diploma exit route are as follows:
- Pathway 1: Emergency Nursing
- Pathway 2: Cardiac and Intensive Care Nursing
- Pathway 3: Gerontological Nursing
- Pathway 4: Peri-operative Nursing
- Pathway 5: Recovery Focused Mental Health Nursing
- Pathway 6: Neonatology Nursing - Not on offer for 2015/16
- Pathway 7: Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Disabilities - Not on offer for 2015/16
- Pathway 8: Medical Surgical Nursing
- Pathway 9: Nursing in the Community - Not on offer for 2015/16
- Pathway 10 Orthopaedic Nursing
- Pathway 11: Oncology Nursing
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Applicants for the MSc in Nursing, including Postgraduate Diploma exit route, should normally:
(a) hold active registration on a pision of the professional register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland or be eligible for such registration as required for inpidual pathways:
- Pathways 1, 2, 8, 10 and 11: Applicants must be Registered General Nurses
- Pathway 3: Applicants must be Registered General Nurses or Registered Intellectual Disability Nurses or Registered Psychiatric Nurses
- Pathway 4: Applicants must be Registered General Nurses or Registered Midwives
- Pathway 5: Applicants must be Registered Psychiatric Nurses
- Pathway 6: Applicants must be Registered General Nurses or Registered Midwives
- Pathway 7: Applicants must be Registered Nurses in Intellectual Disability or Registered General Nurses/Registered Children's Nurses/Registered Psychiatric Nurses currently working in an intellectual disability setting
- Pathway 9: Applicants must be either Registered General Nurses or Registered Intellectual Disability Nurses or Registered Children's Nurses or Registered Psychiatric Nurses or Registered Midwives
(b) have clinical practice experience (and support structures, if applicable) as required for inpidual pathways:
- Pathways 1, 2 and 4: Applicants must have a minimum of six months of post-registration experience (excluding courses) and at least six months experience in the speciality pathway applied for. In addition applicants must be certified in Basic Life Support (BLS).
- Pathways 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 11: Applicants must have a minimum of six months of post-registration experience (excluding courses) and at least six months experience in the speciality pathway applied for.
- Pathway 7: Applicants who are Registered Nurses in Intellectual Disability must have a minimum of six months of post registration experience (excluding courses) and at least six months experience in intellectual disability nursing OR if a Registered General/Children's/Psychiatric nurse must have a minimum of four years post-registration experience (excluding courses) in intellectual disability nursing.
- Pathway 10: No experience required but must work in orthopaedic speciality area.
Assessment
Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing
- NU6005 Research Methods
- NU6053 Ethics for Specialist Practice
- NU6070 Practice Enhancement
- NU6145 Foundations of Cancer Care
- NU6146 Cancer Management and Supportive Cancer Care 1
- NU6147 Cancer Management and Supportive Cancer Care 11
- NU6130 Clinical Practice in Specialist Nursing 1
- NU6131 Clincial Practice in Specialist Nursing 11
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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