Athlone Institute of Technology
Nursing in Leadership and Quality Healthcare – Postgraduate Diploma
Athlone, Ireland
Postgraduate Diploma
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing in Leadership and Quality Healthcare prepares graduate nurses to advance academically and professionally. The programme includes clinical decision-making, leadership, evidence-based practice, professional ethics and research skills, developing mastery of complex, specialised knowledge and critical awareness of nursing challenges. Teaching occurs in a Business School with modern resources, expert staff.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can progress to Masters level studies and enter advanced practice and leadership roles. Typical positions include nurse leader, clinical nurse manager, quality improvement coordinator, clinical educator, research assistant, working in hospitals, health systems and patient safety. Keywords: leadership, quality assurance, evidence-based care.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing in Leadership and Quality Healthcare Program is aimed at graduate nurses who wish to advance their academic and professional development. The nursing profession is dynamic and evolving with societal needs and care needs of individuals, families and communities. Nurses are challenged by the sophistication of technological, medical and social advancement and with the ever-increasing divergence in social inequalities, presenting nursing with a new agenda for transformation.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing in Leadership and Quality Healthcare Program provides the nurse with a broad-based educational experience to practise at a higher level incorporating key concepts such as clinical decision-making, professional leadership, evidence-based practice, professional ethics, research knowledge and skills.
Upon successful completion of this Program, graduates will have developed a mastery of complex and specialised knowledge and a critical awareness of issues at the forefront of nursing. They will have an advanced understanding of how techniques of enquiry enable the critical and objective analysis, interpretation and application of research and scholarly evidence. Graduates are ideally placed to progress to Masters level studies.
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