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66 Master's degrees in Nursing in Ireland
Infection Prevention and Control Nursing
We offer a master degree in Infection Prevention and Control Nursing at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) are recognised as a major burden for patients, society and healthcare management.

Advanced Practice (Nursing or Midwifery)
This Advanced Practice (Nursing or Midwifery) course offered by University College Cork is designed to prepare nurses and midwives to practice at a higher level of capability in independent, autonomous, and expert practice, that is innovative, flexible, and patient-centred.

Clinical Education
The Masters in Clinical Education and its associated Diploma and Certificate courses at University of Galway have been designed to equip all health professionals, regardless of disciplinary background, with the knowledge and skills required to be effective clinical educators.
Palliative Care
The Palliative Care programme of Trinity College Dublin is open to a wide range of professionals who have experience in delivering a palliative care approach within practice within the last two years.
Nursing
The Nursing programme at Munster Technological University facilitates professional planning and leadership for participants within clinical practice, within management, research and/or education.
Wound Management and Tissue Viability
The Postgraduate Certificate in Wound Management and Tissue Viability from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is a fully accredited six-month, part-time programme delivered in digital format through our online teaching platform.

Nursing - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year Nursing - Pre-Master's Programme from OnCampus Ireland at University of Limerick offers successful students guaranteed progression* to a range of partner universities.
Nursing Management
The Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing Management at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is a short (six-month) programme for nurses/midwives who are educated to certificate/diploma level and would like to further their learning in the areas of health financial management, human resource management and nursing education.
Infection Prevention and Control Nursing
The one-year part-time Postgraduate Diploma in Infection Prevention and Control Nursing from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is an exciting and highly clinically relevant programme delivered by some of the best infection prevention and control professionals in Ireland.

Children's Palliative Care - Complex Care
The Children's Palliative Care - Complex Care programme of the University of Galway is facilitated by both the teaching teams at NUI Galway and UCD. The programme designed for Registered Nurses working with children and adolescents with complex or life limiting conditions.

Nursing - Neonatology Nursing
The Nursing - Neonatology Nursing Postgraduate Nursing Diploma/Masters program is offered by the School of Nursing and Midwifery at University College Cork. This program is a pathway of the MSc/Postgraduate Nursing Diploma.

Emergency Care
The Emergency Care programme at University of Galway is designed for registered nurses who wish to pursue a specialism in Emergency Nursing.
Critical Care Nursing
This Critical Care Nursing programme from University College Dublin is designed for holders of Graduate Diplomas in the following specialities: Critical Care–Intensive Care, Critical Care-Cardiovascular, Heart Failure Nursing, Paediatric Critical Care and Peri-Operative Nursing.

Nursing (Specialist Mental Health Nursing Practice)
This Nursing (Specialist Mental Health Nursing Practice) degree course offered by University College Cork is organised within the parameters of the five roles of the clinical nurse specialist and is underpinned by the principles and values of recovery.
Orthopaedic Nursing
The Postgraduate Diploma in Orthopaedic Nursing at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland will prepare you to exercise an advanced level of clinical judgment and practice – beyond what is required of a registered general nurse (RGN) – in your specialist area of orthopaedic practice.

Healthcare Quality Improvement (Online)
The Healthcare Quality Improvement (Online) programme from University College Cork Online is an exciting, contemporary, degree for healthcare professionals, offering a flexible mode of learning while continuing to work.
Respiratory Care in Nursing Practice
The Postgraduate Certificate in Respiratory Care in Nursing Practice at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is a fully accredited six-month part-time programme aimed at healthcare professionals – from the fields of nursing, medicine, pharmacy, podiatry and the pharmaceutical industry – who wish to advance their academic and professional knowledge and skills within respiratory care.

Public Health Nursing
The Public Health Nursing programme at University of Galway runs over two academic years. Candidates registering for this programme upon successful completion of year one can register with the NMBI as a public health nurse.
Nurse - Midwife Prescribing
The Postgraduate Certificate in Nurse - Midwife Prescribing at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is the first of its kind in Ireland and offers appropriately qualified nurses and midwives the opportunity to enhance the care they provide to patients, clients and service users through the use of their prescriptive authority.

Nursing - Gerontological Nursing (Online)
The philosophy underpinning this course values the concept of positive ageing and the unique individual characteristics of the older person. The Nursing - Gerontological Nursing (Online) programme at University College Cork Online seeks to validate this through the development of expert gerontological nursing to meet the complex needs of older people in a variety of care settings.