Higher Diploma in Childrens Nursing

The course is delivered by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, in association with Children’s Health Ireland. The aim of this programme is to educate graduates for the award of Higher Diploma in Nursing (Registered Children’s Nursing). Students on the programme are prepared to develop skills of critical thinking, research, and reflection to become life-long learners and leaders in children’s nursing management, advanced practice, leadership research and policy development at a national and international level.

Programme applicants must satisfy the following criteria: Be selected at interview by the Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) committee. Be on at least one of the following divisions of the register as held by The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland: General Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing and Intellectual Disability Nursing. Be on the active register as held by The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. Have at least six months of full-time, post-registration clinical nursing experience. Have relevant academic undergraduate qualifications which satisfy admission requirements.