Ireland

Nursing - Community Mental Health Nursing - Sligo St. Angela's

Course code: SG_NCMHN_O09
Level: Level 9
Award: Postgraduate Diploma (Level 9 NFQ)
Classification: Major
Awarding body: Atlantic Technological University
Duration: 1 year part-time, blended delivery. Study Hours Each of the six 10 credit modules have a 20 hour per week workload and this includes class time, online directed work, self-directed work and assessment preparation. Year 2 consists of a 30 credit workload. On-Campus Attendance In Year 1, attendance is required at St. Angela’s Campus for 6 days during Semester 1 and 9 days during Semester 2. In Year 2, students attend 3-4 online seminar days per semester. Students also have group and individual research dissertation supervision.

Programme summary

Through this programme, students are able to build upon their previous nursing expertise with education in the area of Mental Health Nursing.

Entry requirements

Applicants must be currently practicing as a psychiatric nurse and be a Registered Psychiatric Nurse on the Psychiatric Division of the active register maintained by NMBI with at least 18 months post-registration experience. Applicants should hold a primary degree in nursing. If applicants do not have a primary degree in nursing, they will be invited to complete an access course. To progress to Year 2, students must obtain an aggregate mark of 60% in their Postgraduate Diploma (Year 1). For full details on the Entry Requirements for this programme please see the course webpage. Recognition of Prior Learning: Yes.

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