The programme consists of 20 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credits at National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI) Level 8. The two modules are offered in sequence to facilitate targeted learning for the student. The programme duration is from September to May.
- build upon and advance the student’s repertoire of knowledge, skills, attitudes and professional values that were developed during their undergraduate education and arising out of his/her experiences in clinical practice.
- provide the student with the requisite knowledge, skills, attitudes and professional values for the advancement of his/her specialist knowledge in the care of patients and their families in the Intensive Care Unit in the Blackrock Clinic.
- provide students with an opportunity for personal growth and professional development.
- enable the student to value learning as a continuous and necessary process in the context of intensive care nursing.
About the Blackrock Clinic ICU
Blackrock Clinic has a 12 bedded state of the art Intensive Care. It is a tertiary level unit with a complete range of critical care supports. Its case mix includes level 3 patients with facilities for:
- CRRT (Dialysis)
- Nitric Oxide
- Dedicated post-ICU Rehab
- Novalung Therapy
- Cardiac / Thoracic / Vascular /Spinal, General Surgery & Hepatobiliary services
The unit has a dedicated ICU Consultant Rota team available to accept patient transfers from other hospitals on a 24 / 7 basis.
The facility admits over 800 patients per year making it one of the busiest ICUs in the country.
Programme Strengths
- UCD has a long history of producing high quality graduates
- This programme is highly focused on enhancing your clinical practice and the achievement of realistic and attainable attributes in the practice of nursing in the Intensive Care environment in the Blackrock Clinic Hospital
- Clinical and university-based lecturers with national and international expertise from clinical, research and educational perspectives
- The Programme employs a variety of innovative assessment strategies with a strong clinical focus
- Extensive use of IT in supporting the teaching environment of the programme
- Access to excellent facilities for lectures
Does this programme have an official conferring ceremony?
Please note there is no online or in-person conferring ceremony for this programme. Your parchment will be posted to you by UCD Conferring.