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Trinity College Dublin: Specialist Practice

Institution Trinity College Dublin
Department School of Nursing and Midwifery
Web https://www.tcd.ie
Study type Taught

Summary

This P.Grad.Cert. in Specialist Practice programme has been developed, in partnership with associated health service providers, to meet the demands and challenges within the health care system and specifically within specialist care. The programme is firmly grounded in a body of knowledge and clinical expertise that aims to promote excellence in the area of specialist care practice. It is also designed to provide academically robust education for the students and the various modules offered develop and complement subjects undertaken at degree or 'equivalent' level.

Students must accumulate 30 ECTS and successfully complete three modules for the award of P.Grad.Cert. in Specialist Practice. Students who successfully complete the P.Grad.Cert. in Specialist Practice without compensation are eligible for entry to the relevant M.Sc./P.Grad. Dip. programme.

The modules are each worth 10 ECTS and are:

Interdisciplinary Dementia:

  1. Ways of Understanding Dementia and Dementia Care

  2. Critical Issues in Assessment and Care Planning

  3. Enhancing the Experience of Living with Dementia

Interdisciplinary Mental Health – Psychosocial Interventions

  1. Deconstructing Theoretical Perspectives on Human Distress

  2. Working with People Who Experience Psychosis or Related Experiences

  3. Inter-Professional Family Work

Interdisciplinary Mental Health:

Deconstructing Theoretical Perspectives on Human Distress

and a choice of two of the following:

Advancing Therapeutic Engagement Skills

Interface Between Mental Health and Criminal Justice

Working with People Affected by Eating Disorders

Suicide, Suicidal Behaviour and Self-harm

Promoting Equality, Citizenship and Social Inclusion for users of the Mental Health Services

Working with People Who Experience Psychosis or Related Experiences

Inter-Professional Family Work

Interdisciplinary Palliative Care:

  1. Palliative Care Philosophy: Concepts and Debates

  2. Palliative Approaches to Pain and Symptom Management

  3. Psychosocial, Spiritual and Therapeutic Issues in Palliative Care

Interdisciplinary Palliative Care:

  1. Advancing Gerontological Nursing Practice

  2. Promoting Health and Well Being with the Older Person

  3. Gerontological Nursing: Concepts and Practice

Nursing Specialist – Emergency:

  1. Nursing Management of Medical Emergencies

  2. Nursing Management of Medical, Paediatric and Mental Health Emergencies

  3. Management of Surgical Emergencies and Trauma Nursing

Nursing Specialist – Intensive Care:

  1. Principles of Intensive Care Nursing

  2. Management of the Critically Ill Adult 1

  3. Management of the Critically Ill Adult 2

Nursing Specialist – Cardiovascular:

  1. Introduction to the Nursing Management of a Cardiovascular Patient

  2. Advanced Nursing Management of a Patient with Electro-Physiological Dysfunction

  3. Advanced Nursing Management of a Patient with Cardiovascular Dysfunction

Nursing Specialist – Renal:

  1. Nephrology Nursing

  2. Transplant and Peritoneal Dialysis Nursing

  3. Haemodialysis and Allied Therapies Nursing

Nursing Specialist – Cancer Care and Haematology:

  1. Cancer and Haematology Nursing

  2. Psychosocial Issues in Haemato-Oncology Nursing

  3. Haemato-Oncology Nursing

Nursing Specialist – Peri-Operative:

  1. Principles of Perioperative Nursing

  2. Peri-Operative Department Management

  3. Nursing Management of the Perioperative Patient

Nursing Specialist – Orthopaedic:

  1. Applied Science and Principles of Orthopaedic Nursing

  2. Principles of Trauma Orthopaedic Nursing

  3. Principles of Elective Orthopaedic Nursing

https://www.tcd.ie/academicregistry/fees-and-payments/assets/world/PG_2021_Fees_25.11.pdf

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