Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Intellectual Disability) (Honours)

In this speciality field, intellectual disability nurses work as part of a cross-disciplinary team that strives to enable and empower people with intellectual disabilities to achieve their full potential. Intellectual disability can affect two aspects of people's lives their intellectual functioning (such as learning, problem solving, judgement) and their adaptive functioning (in activities of daily life such as communication and independent living). During this course, youll come to develop the professional knowledge, skills and attitudes youll need to care for people with intellectual disability.
Youll study a diverse curriculum, incorporating both theory and clinical elements. Throughout the course, youll go on clinical placements to gain experience in areas such as childhood education and development, disorders of human behaviour, acute nursing and other specialist areas in disability care. Once you graduate, you can register as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). As an intellectual disability nurse, you could work in acute care, respite care, community facilities, residential facilities, workshops, schools, retirement care, and home nursing. You could also work in disability and healthcare services, in areas such as management, education, other therapies and research. Youll also be qualified to work abroad or could go on to further study.
Upon graduation, your internationally recognised degree will qualify you to work as an Intellectual Disability Nurse both at home and abroad. Youll also be eligible for professional registration with Bord Altranais agus Cnimhseachais na hireann (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). Youll find work opportunities in the community, schools, general practice, occupational health, and traditional hospitals and care facilities. Career pathways also exist in clinical practice, management, education and research.

Minimum Points- 316
General Entry Requirements

A minimum of six Leaving Certificate subjects at Grade 06/H7, to include the subjects English OR Irish AND the subject Mathematics. In addition, applicants must present at least two subjects at grade H5.
Leaving Cert
In addition to the general entry requirements for admission to the university the following entry requirements apply

Minimum of O6 or H7 in Mathematics and minimum of O6 or H7 in one of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics with Chemistry or Agricultural Science

GCE A Level
In addition to the general entry requirements for admission to the university the following entry requirements apply

GCE A Level D or GCE AS Level D or GCSE C Mathematics and GCE A Level D or GCE AS Level D or GCSE C in one of Physics, Chemistry , Biology, Physics with Chemistry or Agricultural Science

International Baccalaureate - 24 overall.
IELTS(Academic) - Composite score of 6.5 or above, with no less than 6.0 in any one component.
TOEFL (paper-based test) - 580.
TOEFL iBT - Total Score of 92.