Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Nursing (Children's and General Integrated)] From University College Cork

On completion of the BSc (Honorous) in Children?s and General Nursing, you can apply to register as both a children?s and a general nurse to An Bord Altranais.

This four-and-a-half-year full-time degree course is offered in partnership with health service providers (HSPs) from both the public and private healthcare sectors. Each student is linked with one of these HSPs for the duration of their course.

With an honours BSc in Children?s and General Nursing, you will be ready to start work as a qualified children?s or general nurse in a variety of clinical settings immediately after graduation.

Theory modules: These involve lectures, seminars, workshops, clinical skills training, experiential learning sessions, field visits, and protected study time. These modules are taken at the university during blocks of study weeks throughout each year of the course.

Clinical practice modules: These require you to be in supervised clinical practice in hospital, community and other healthcare settings for 35 hours per week for a number of weeks each year. In Year 4, you will take a 15-week clinical placement. In the latter part of Year 4, you will also commence a 36-week paid internship with your parent health service provider. This internship continues into Year 5.

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Fitness to PractiseCommencing with the 2013/2014 intake, this programme will be subject to UCC's Fitness to Practise Policy

Assessment

Written exams will take place before Christmas and in May. Not all modules will have formal examinations. Many modules use other types of assesment including essays, projects, seminar presentations, assessment of clinical skills and learning, in-class tests, self- and peer-assessment etc. Students are assessed by expert clinical nurses while on their clinical placements.