Key Facts

***Important Note*** Students who wish to do a P.Grad.Dip in one year should apply for the MSc part-time, two year course and exit at the end of year one.

When applying for this course, you will need to demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development since your initial registration as a nurse with the NMBI. You should provide a detailed curriculum vitae (CV) which includes all of your continuing professional development listed in chronological order, and include certificates as evidence where appropriate.

Where you do not meet the criteria for entry to the P. Grad.Dip/MSc programme as listed on this website, you may be offered a place on the P.Grad.Cert. which will mean that you will do the MSc over three years, part-time [Cert/Diploma/MSc]. This decision will be made on an individual basis to support students learning needs. 

Course Content

As part of this course students will be facilitated to undertake one of the following advanced strands:

• Surgical
• Anaesthetic/ Recovery
• Paediatric (please note that the paediatric stand is only available in conjunction with AMNCH)

To undertake these strands the applicants must specifically have experience in the chosen strand e.g. paediatric, theatre/ surgical or anaesthetic/ recovery in the past two years. Each student who successfully achieves the academic and clinical requirements in year one will be awarded a P. Grad. Dip. in Specialist Nursing (Perioperative) and students who continue into and successfully complete year two will be awarded a M. Sc. in Specialist Nursing.

This course maintains a very strong emphasis on the practical skills necessary to enable nurses to care for patients in a holistic way. It is of utmost importance that the focus of any new course must be on the acquisition of research-based knowledge which informs practice.

The learning opportunities offered by this course are designed to integrate the many facets of patient management during anaesthetic/recovery and surgical procedures. Through supervised clinical practice and appropriate academic input, the student develops responsibility for holistic patient care and personal accountability.

Course Assessments

Each module will be assessed by the successful completion of an academic assignment. The assessment of clinical competence will focus on the acquisition of specialist competencies and the clinical assessments will be carried out throughout the clinical placements.