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University College Dublin: Advanced Pain Management with Prescriptive Authority
| Institution | University College Dublin View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems |
| Web | www.ucd.ie/global |
| graduatestudies@ucd.ie | |
| Telephone | 00353 1716 4043 |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
The programme builds on appropriate undergraduate level study to progress the student’s power of understanding for becoming more effectively, skillfully and humanely engaged in advanced pain practice across a variety of complex environments. It aims to: Foster leadership in pain practice; enable practitioners develop their skills not just of emerging scholarship within the field of pain management but also of the wider academic, technological and intricate environments in which pain care takes place; ensure the nurse is equipped with the knowledge, skills and competence to prescribe safely and effectively.
MSc
| Level | NFQ Level 9 |
|---|---|
| Modules | Year 1 modules include: Research methodologies; pain management; acute and persistent pain: Mechanisms to treatment; leadership and health systems dynamics; health assessment; pharmacology for nurse prescribing; the context of nurse prescribing; clinical practicum; year 2 modules include: Advanced clinical practicum; researching change in own organization; dissertation. |
| Location | University College Dublin Belfield Dublin D04 R7R0 |
University College Dublin
Why UCD?
University College Dublin is one of Europe’s leading research-intensive universities. Ranked in the top 1% of institutions worldwide, in the overall 2022 QS World University Rankings, UCD was named 173 in the world. We were also named the University of the Year 2020 by the Sunday Times Good University Guide.
UCD, Ireland’s Global University, is Ireland’s largest university. Established in 1854, the university has a student body of over 34,000 students with some 8,500 international students drawn from 130 countries. UCD is Ireland's leader in graduate education with over 9,000 graduate students; almost …
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