Programme Overview:
- Duration:
- 1 Years
- Attendance:
- Full Time
- Mode of Delivery:
- Face-to-Face
- Next Intake:
- 2023/2024 September
- Contact Name:
- Asmahan McCambridge
- Contact Number:
- +353(0)1 716 6490
- Fees:
- Fee Information
This exciting programme will enable you to develop the knowledge and skills in advanced health assessment of the critically ill patient. You will also get the opportunity to demonstrate the importance of change in practice through the development of an innovation project which will address research questions that arise in your clinical practice.
This exciting programme will enable you to develop the knowledge and skills in advanced health assessment of the critically ill patient. You will also get the opportunity to demonstrate the importance of change in practice through the development of an innovation project which will address research questions that arise in your clinical practice.
Curricular information is subject to change
Full Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. Yes
This programme is designed for holders of Graduate Diplomas in the following specialities: Critical Care–Intensive Care, Critical Care-Cardiovascular, Heart Failure Nursing, Paediatric Critical Care and Peri-Operative Nursing.
Holders of Level 8 Higher Diplomas should contact the School to discuss their options.
The purpose of the Master of Science (Nursing) (Critical Care) is to enable the experienced critical care nurse to develop knowledge and skills at an advanced practice level. The programme is designed for students who wish to deepen and broaden their knowledge and expertise in order to act as clinical leaders in critical care.
The programme builds upon and advances students’ existing knowledge, skills and values to promote students’ capacities for critical thinking and critical self-appraisal. The purpose of the programme is to advance the students sense of professional awareness and commitment along with professional responsibility and accountability, and to enable students to value learning as a continuous and a necessary process in the context of their professional role.
Curricula are student-focused, research-led and research informed, with a scholarly approach to programme design, aimed at inspiring a passion and excellence in the learner by forming identity, integrity, commitment and curiosity for the provision of holistic, safe, ethical, compassionate evidence based care. The programme is designed with the learner at the centre.
The commitment to curricular innovation ensures that there is alignment of programme learning outcomes, teaching and learning activities and assessment, in addition to enhancing the learner experience. Programmes are delivered by experts in the fields of education and practice discipline, ensuring that learners experience a coherent, cumulative, research-based educational programme that meets all academic and professional regulations, standards and requirements.
The MSc Critical Care programme consists of two modules:
Autumn Trimester: NMHS 42960 Advanced Health Assessment, (10 credits)
Autumn & Spring Trimester: NMHS44020 Master’s dissertation: Evidence Synthesis and Translation (30 credits)
As part of the dissertation module, you will able to decide on the following Dissertation options.
1. Evidence translation project (implement change in practice)
2. Evidence synthesis project’ (extensive literature review)
MSc Critical Care Nursing (X726) Full Time
EU fee per year - € 7020
nonEU fee per year - € 13860
***Fees are subject to change
If the fees for your programme are being paid by a third party (full or partial), please ensure your funding organisation/sponsor/hospital contacts student.payments@ucd.ie. Please note this is not a student facing email address.
If you have any queries about your fees, please contact the Student Desk:
https://www.ucd.ie/students/studentdesk/
Please note that all applicants are required to pay the €50 application fee. Your application cannot be processed fully unless the application fee has been paid.
More information about fees is available on the UCD website at the link below:
All applicants must be listed on the Register of Nurses and Midwives, which is maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI).
Applicants must be employed in clinical practice in Ireland while undertaking the programme
Applicants must have completed a Graduate Diploma in one of the following specialities: Critical Care–Intensive Care, Critical Care-Cardiovascular, Heart Failure Nursing, Paediatric Critical Care and Peri-Operative Nursing.
Documents Required
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
RPL may be granted in respect of individual modules if applicants can demonstrate that the modules' learning outcomes have been achieved through prior credentialled or experiential learning. In some cases, where an applicant does not meet the prerequisites for entry to a programme, an RPL application may be considered. Further information can be found in respect of this here.
The following entry routes are available:
* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised