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The purpose of the Bachelor of Science (Nursing) General Nursing is to prepare students to obtain a level 8 honours award and to register as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). BSc General Nursing students will be prepared to promote health, wellbeing and dignity across the lifespan through skilled, ethical and careful practice, based on best evidence and professional judgement. This is achieved though the development of lifelong learning skills for their personal and professional development of knowledge, skills, competencies and attitudes over the duration of the programme. This programme facilitates the learner to be active, reflexive, autonomous, and motivated through engagement in innovative teaching and learning activities throughout the duration of the BSc Nursing programme. The curriculum is student-focused and research informed. This is evidenced through the formation of identity, resilience, integrity, leadership capability, commitment, and curiosity for the provision of holistic, safe, ethical, compassionate and evidence based nursing care. The curriculum is continuously developed with stakeholder involvement to ensure it meets the current and future needs of learners, and the complex and evolving healthcare system (community, primary and tertiary care). A wide variety of innovative pedagogies and technologies ensure that teaching, learning and assessment approaches encourage the incremental development of learning. Teaching and learning takes place in multiple environments across the university and clinical practice settings. A major strength of the programme is the partnership with our professional clinical partners across the healthcare sector. Programmes are delivered by experts in the fields of education and professional clinical practice. This ensures that learners experience coherent, cumulative, research-based educational programmes that meet all academic and professional regulations, standards and requirements. A unique strength of this programme is that fifty percent of the programme is clinically focused and students receive supported clinical experience from stage one of their programme.
Students are required to take all core modules. Students must successfully complete all of the requirements for Stage 1 clinical practice module before progressing onto Stage 2.
Students take all core modules. They also take one elective module in autumn trimester. For each theory module successfully completed at level 2, 5 ECTS credits will be awarded. A total of 30 ECTS credits will be awarded for successfully completed clinical placement at level 2. Students must successfully complete all of the requirements for Stage 2 clinical practice module before progressing onto Stage 3.
Students take all core modules. They also take two elective modules in spring trimester. For each theory module successfully completed at Level 3, 5 ECTS credits will be awarded. A total of 25 ECTS credits will be awarded for successfully completed clinical placement at Level 3. Students must successfully complete all of the requirements for Stage 3 clinical placement module before progressing onto Stage 4.
Students will take ten (10) core modules, four (4) of which will be clinical modules. Students must successfully complete all clinical modules for their stage before they complete the programme.
Award | GPA | ||||
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Programme | Module Weightings | Rule Description | Description | ||
BHNUR001 | Stage 4 - 70.00% Stage 3 - 30.00% |
Standard Honours Award | First Class Honours | 3.68 |
4.20 |
Second Class Honours, Grade 1 | 3.08 |
3.67 |
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Second Class Honours, Grade 2 | 2.48 |
3.07 |
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Pass | 2.00 |
2.47 |
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BHNUR007 | Stage 4 - 50.00% Stage 3 - 30.00% Stage 2 - 20.00% |
Standard Honours Award | First Class Honours | 3.68 |
4.20 |
Second Class Honours, Grade 1 | 3.08 |
3.67 |
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Second Class Honours, Grade 2 | 2.48 |
3.07 |
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Pass | 2.00 |
2.47 |