UG Prospectus 2025

85 WhatWill I Study? Year 1 (All NursingDisciplines) Personal and Professional Development | CoreNursing Skills | Psychology | Sociology of Health and Illness | Caring and Communication inNursing | Anatomy and Physiology | Clinical Practice Placements Year 1 StreamSpecialisms General Nursing | Understanding Intellectual Disability | Mental Health Nursing | Children’s Nursing Year 1Options General Nursing Skills for Success | Intercultural Communication Year 2 (All NursingDisciplines) Personal and Professional Development | Clinical Pharmacology for Nursing Practice | Altered Bodily Processes | Research andNursing Practice | Clinical Practice Placements Year 2General Nursing Principles of Caring for Specific Patients | Caring for the Adult Year 2Mental HealthNursing Mental HealthNursingAssessment and Interventions | Life Span Developmental Psychology | Promotion of Physical Health and Illness Year 2 Intellectual DisabilityNursing Adulthood and Intellectual Disabilities | Children and Intellectual Disability Year 2Children’s andGeneral Nursing Principles of Caring for Specific Patients | Caring for the Adult | Children’s Nursing Year 2Options General and Mental HealthNursing Anthropology, Health and Illness | Humanities andHealth | Pain Management | Sexuality andSexual Health Year 3 (All Nursing Streams) Ethics inNursing | Research andNursing Practice | Clinical Practice Placement Year 3General Nursing General Nursing Year 3Mental HealthNursing Workingwith Peoplewith Complex Needs Across the Life Span | Sociology ofMental Health Year 3 Intellectual DisabilityNursing Nursing Individuals with Challenging Behaviour | Specialist Approaches inNursing Practice: Intellectual Disability andMental Health Year 3Children’s andGeneral Nursing Care of the ChildwithOngoing HealthcareNeeds | General Nursing | Children’s Nursing Year 3Options General, Mental Health and Intellectual DisabilityNursing Palliative Care | Clinical Judgement and DecisionMaking | Introduction to Critical CareNursing | Working for Inclusion Year 4 (All Nursing Streams) Nursing Informatics, Management and Leadership | Health Promotion in aMulticultural Context | Research Enquiry | Clinical Practice Placement Year 4General Nursing General Nursing Year 4Mental HealthNursing Contemporary, evidence based mental health nursing practice Year 4 Intellectual DisabilityNursing Contemporary Issues Year 4Children’s andGeneral Nursing Caring for aChildwithMultisystem Dysfunction | Provision of Care for Children | General Nursing | Ethics inNursing Year 5Children’s andGeneral Nursing Clinical Practice Placement General CAOCode DC215 Years 4 Min points 411 QQI FET Yes Mental Health CAOCode DC216 Years 4 Min points 340 QQI FET Yes Intellectual Disability CAOCode DC217 Years 4 Min points 310 QQI FET Yes Children’s andGeneral (Integrated) CAOCode DC218 Years 4.5 Min points 487 QQI FET Yes Places 280 (DC215, DC216, DC217 andDC218) Visit Us Online dcu.ie/DC215 (General: CAOandmature) dcu.ie/DC216 (Mental Health: CAOandmature) dcu.ie/DC217 (Intellectual Disability: CAOandmature) dcu.ie/DC218 (Children’s andGeneral (Integrated): CAOandmature) Contact Details studenthelp@dcu.ie Additional Information The IrishNursingQualification is recognised internationally and is a highly sought- after qualification, so youwill have the opportunity to travel andwork abroad. BSc inNursing Honours Bachelor Degree DC215 / 16 / 17 / 18