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The BSc (Nursing) Integrated Children’s and General Programme prepares nurses to promote health, wellbeing and dignity across the lifespan through skilled, ethical and careful practice based on the best evidence and professional judgement. This is achieved though the development of lifelong learning skills for the personal and professional development of knowledge, skills/competencies and attitudes over the duration of the programme, leading to level 8 award and a dual professional registration in children’s and general nursing with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. UCD programmes facilitate the learner to be active, reflexive, autonomous, and motivated through engagement in innovative teaching and learning activities throughout the duration of the student experience. UCD curricula are student-focused, research-led and research informed. There is a scholarly approach to programme design, aimed at inspiring a passion and excellence in the learner’s discipline. This is realised through the formation of identity, resilience, integrity, leadership capability, commitment, and curiosity for the provision of holistic, safe, ethical, compassionate and evidence based nursing care. Curricula are developed with stakeholder involvement to ensure they meet the current and future needs of learners, and a complex and evolving healthcare system.
Students take all core modules. There are no elective modules in stage 1. Students must successfully complete all of the requirements for Stage 1 clinical practice module before progressing onto Stage 2.
Students take all core modules. There are no elective modules in stage 2. For each theory module successfully completed at Level 2, 5 ECTS credits will be awarded and a total of 20 ECTS credits will be awarded for successfully completed clinical practice module at level 2 (i.e. a total of 60 ECTS credits for stage 2). Students must successfully complete all of the requirements for Stage 2 clinical practice module before progressing to Stage 3.
Students take all core modules. There are no elective modules in stage 3. For each theory module successfully completed at level 3, 5 ECTS credits will be awarded and a total of 20 ECTS credits for successfully completed clinical practice modules at level 3 (i.e. a total of 60 ECTS credits for stage 3). Students must successfully complete all of the requirements for Stage 3 clinical practice modules before progressing onto Stage 4.
Year 1
Stage 4 is completed over two (2) years. Students commencing stage 4 (year 1) in Sept 2023 must undertake all of the `Year 1 core modules as outlined in the first section below. Stage 4 (year 1) students will also take two (2) internship modules in the summer trimester of year 1 of stage 4 and the other two (2) internship modules in autumn trimester of year 2 (2024-25). Stage 4 (year 1) students should be registered to a total of 70 credits in 2023/24.
Year 2
Students commencing stage 4 (year 2) in Sept 2023 will undertake the remaining two (2) internship modules in the autumn trimester 2023/24. Stage 4 (year 2) students should be registered to a total of 20 ECTS credits in 2023/24.
Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
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NMHS10360 | Academic Writing & Reading in Nursing and Midwifery | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS10420 | Foundations Children's Nursing | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS10480 | Sci Principles Healthcare 1 | Autumn | 10 |
NMHS10490 | Intro Psychology&Communication | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS10520 | Nursing Fundamentals | Autumn | 10 |
NMHS10410 | Clinical Practice 1 (C&G) | Spring | 10 |
NMHS10440 | Nursing Concepts and Values | Spring | 5 |
NMHS10460 | Sci Principles Healthcare 2 | Spring | 5 |
NMHS10530 | Foundations Child&Gen Nursing | Spring | 5 |
NMHS20740 | Patient Safety & Microbiology | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS20750 | Altered Resp & Cardio Function | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS20760 | Neuro & musculoskeletal nurse | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS20830 | Health Prom Research Spec Set | Autumn | 5 |
PHAR20030 | Pharmacology | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS20780 | Clinical Practice 2 (C&G) | Spring | 20 |
NMHS20790 | Nurs Child Acute Setting | Spring | 5 |
NMHS20800 | Nurs Child Range Settings | Spring | 5 |
NMHS20810 | Growth & Development Child | Spring | 5 |
NMHS33240 | Ageing and Health | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS33250 | Nurs Child Enduring Needs | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS33260 | Nurs Child Diverse Needs | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS33270 | Clinical Practice 3A (C&G) | Autumn | 10 |
NMHS33480 | Community Care & Service Child | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS32290 | Ethical&Legal Context Prof Pra | Spring | 5 |
NMHS33280 | Clinical Practice 3B (C&G) | Spring | 10 |
NMHS33290 | General Nursing 4 | Spring | 5 |
NMHS33460 | Pop Hlth Diversity & Research | Spring | 5 |
NMHS33500 | General Nursing 3 | Spring | 5 |
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students commencing stage 4 in Sept 2023 must complete the four (4) internship practice placement modules as outlined below over a two-year period. Students must take two (2) internship modules in Year 1 (2023/24) (summer trimester) and two (2) in Year 2 (2024/25) (autumn trimester). The School Office will register you to your internship modules. A&B for Childrens and C&D for General |
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NMHS31730 | Practice Placement 4A Internship (C&G) | Autumn and Summer (separate) | 10 |
NMHS31740 | Practice Placement 4B Internship (C&G) | Autumn and Summer (separate) | 10 |
NMHS31750 | Practice Placement 4C Internship (C&G) | Autumn and Summer (separate) | 10 |
NMHS31760 | Practice Placement 4D Internship (C&G) | Autumn and Summer (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - B)MIN0OF: Students commencing stage 4 in Sept 2023 must complete the four (4) internship practice placement modules as outlined below over a two-year period. Students must take two (2) internship modules in Year 1 (2023/24) (summer trimester) and two (2) in Year 2 (2024/25) (autumn trimester). The School Office will register you to your internship modules. A&B for Childrens and C&D for General |
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Stage 4 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students who commenced stage 4 in Sept 2022 will be registered to the two (2) internship modules in the autumn trimester that they did not undertake in Year 1 (2022/23). The School Office will register you to A&B if you completed C&D last year and vice versa you will be registered to C&D if you completed A&B last year. |
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NMHS31730 | Practice Placement 4A Internship (C&G) | Autumn and Summer (separate) | 10 |
NMHS31740 | Practice Placement 4B Internship (C&G) | Autumn and Summer (separate) | 10 |
NMHS31750 | Practice Placement 4C Internship (C&G) | Autumn and Summer (separate) | 10 |
NMHS31760 | Practice Placement 4D Internship (C&G) | Autumn and Summer (separate) | 10 |
Stage 4 Options - C)MIN0OF: Students who commenced stage 4 in Sept 2022 will be registered to the two (2) internship modules in the autumn trimester that they did not undertake in Year 1 (2022/23). The School Office will register you to A&B if you completed C&D last year and vice versa you will be registered to C&D if you completed A&B last year. |
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NMHS30290 | Leadership & Management | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS33670 | Health Psychology & Sociology | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS33680 | Nursing complex needs | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS33690 | Evidence Based Practice HCare | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS33810 | Prep Internship: Child & Adult | Autumn | 5 |
NMHS31090 | Practice Placement 4A Supernumerary (C&G) | Spring | 5 |
NMHS33740 | Pract Plac 4B Supernum (C&G) | Spring | 10 |
NMHS33750 | Pract Plac 4C Supernum (C&G) | Spring | 10 |
Award | GPA | ||||
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Programme | Module Weightings | Rule Description | Description | ||
BHNUR003 | Stage 4 - 70.00% Stage 3 - 30.00% |
Standard Honours Award | First Class Honours | 3.68 |
4.20 |
Second Class Honours, Grade 1 | 3.08 |
3.67 |
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Second Class Honours, Grade 2 | 2.48 |
3.07 |
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Pass | 2.00 |
2.47 |
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BHNUR008 | Stage 4 - 50.00% Stage 3 - 30.00% Stage 2 - 20.00% |
Standard Honours Award | First Class Honours | 3.68 |
4.20 |
Second Class Honours, Grade 1 | 3.08 |
3.67 |
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Second Class Honours, Grade 2 | 2.48 |
3.07 |
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Pass | 2.00 |
2.47 |