Intellectual Disability Nursing

ATU Sligo St. Angelas

Course code
TEP052
QQI level
Level 8
NFQ type
Duration
5 Years
Attendance
CAO points
NFQ Level 8

Course summary

This course is designed to give applicants the academic skills and competence to succeed at undergraduate level, the confidence to progress into a professional programme and the opportunity to undertake a rewarding career in nursing. This tertiary education programme aims to increase access to degree level education in several ways including increasing the number of locations regionally that students can begin their studies, enhancing flexibility through providing a number of programme paths, widening access through more flexible entry requirements which take account of the socio-economic and other barriers faced by eligible participants.