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65 Master's degrees in Nursing in Ireland

Professional Nursing
The Professional Nursing programme at the Atlantic Technological University, provides the nurse with a broad-based educational experience to practice at an advanced level incorporating key concepts such as advanced decision making, professional leadership, evidence-based practice, professional ethics, research knowledge and skills.

Nursing - Gerontological Nursing (Online)
The philosophy underpinning this course values the concept of positive ageing and the unique individual characteristics of the older person. The Nursing - Gerontological Nursing (Online) programme at University College Cork Online seeks to validate this through the development of expert gerontological nursing to meet the complex needs of older people in a variety of care settings.

Advanced Practice Nursing
The aims of the Master of Advanced Practice Nursing programme at University of Galway are to enable experienced registered nurses to develop an expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills, and clinical competencies for an expanded autonomous scope of practice the characteristics of which are shaped by the: context in which the individual practices.

Advanced Practice Midwifery
The aim of the Advanced Practice Midwifery programme of the University of Galway is to enable experienced registered midwives to develop an expert knowledge base.

Obesity
The newly established Obesity programme of the University of Galway provides a broad and comprehensive curriculum that is clinically relevant and that also has a strong theoretical basis.

Specialist Nursing
Are you a qualified nurse or dual qualified midwife keen to expand your specialist expertise and advance your nursing career? This Specialist Nursing program at Dublin City University might be for you.

Clinical Education
The Masters in Clinical Education and its associated Diploma and Certificate courses at University of Galway have been designed to equip all health professionals, regardless of disciplinary background, with the knowledge and skills required to be effective clinical educators.

Healthcare Quality Improvement (Online)
The Healthcare Quality Improvement (Online) programme from University College Cork Online is an exciting, contemporary, degree for healthcare professionals, offering a flexible mode of learning while continuing to work.

Medical and Surgical Nursing
The Medical and Surgical Nursing course delivered by the University College Cork recognises the need for specialist postgraduate education to assist general nurses in meeting the challenges of increased levels of patient acuity, along with ethical and patient-safety challenges in medical-surgical settings.

Emergency Care
The Emergency Care programme at University of Galway is designed for registered nurses who wish to pursue a specialism in Emergency Nursing.

Nursing (Oncology)
This Nursing (Oncology) degree course from University College Cork is offered in a blended learning format (part-online and part-attendance at workshops/tutorials) and is designed to meet the needs of nurses working in oncology settings who wish to undergo a specialist oncology course.

Nursing Studies (Direct Entry Year 2)
This Nursing Studies (Direct Entry Year 2) degree course delivered at University College Cork is aimed at enabling busy practitioners to take a leadership role in clinical practice in an increasingly complex healthcare environment by facilitating professional and scholarly development.

Public Health Nursing
The Public Health Nursing degree delivered by the University College Cork provides a world-class environment for cutting-edge research to prepare tomorrow’s nurses to shape and advance health care practices through research and education.

Adolescent Health
The Adolescent Health programme of the University of Galway, the first programme of its kind in Europe, provides students with interdisciplinary training in adolescent health grounded in a public health approach.

Acute Medicine
This Acute Medicine programme at University of Galway aims to meet the educational needs of nurses working in an acute medical unit (AMU, AMAU, MAU), short stay unit or equivalent which cares for patients with acute medical conditions.

Regenerative Medicine
The taught MSc in Regenerative Medicine at University of Galway graduated its one-hundredth student recently. This course focuses on stem cells, gene therapy and tissue engineering, focussing on how they can be applied to develop new therapeutics.

Children's Palliative Care - Complex Care
The Children's Palliative Care - Complex Care programme of the University of Galway is facilitated by both the teaching teams at NUI Galway and UCD. The programme designed for Registered Nurses working with children and adolescents with complex or life limiting conditions.

Nursing Education
The Nursing Education programme at University of Galway aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to become effective teachers/facilitators of student/client learning in both higher education and clinical settings.

Nursing - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year Nursing - Pre-Master's Programme from OnCampus Ireland at University of Limerick offers successful students guaranteed progression* to a range of partner universities.

Nursing in Leadership and Quality Healthcare
The Nursing in Leadership and Quality Healthcare programme at the Technological University of the Shannon is aimed at graduate nurses who wish to advance their academic and professional development.