Master Of Science/post Graduate Diploma Intellectual Disability Nursing in Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland

Master Of Science/post Graduate Diploma Intellectual Disability Nursing in Athlone Institute of Technology

Why take this course?

Nurses in intellectual disability (ID) work in a broad range of services including long-stay settings, community, day-care, care of the older person, child and adolescent. Nurses in ID have a diversity of roles, on a continuum ranging from intensive physical nursing of persons with a severe degree of disability to supportive guidance in the management of children, adults and older persons.

What opportunities might it lead to?

The student who completes year 1 of the programme can exit and receive a postgraduate diploma, or they can also progress to year 2 and upon completion receive a Master’s degree. Graduates from the MSc may be in a position to progress to doctoral studies at AIT and elsewhere.