MSc in Advanced Practice Nursing (Prescribing)

• Have a minimum of an honour's primary degree in nursing or equivalent.
• Hold an active registration on a division of the professional register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.
• Have three years’ recent post-registration clinical experience in nursing/midwifery (within the past five years), with the equivalent of one-year full time experience in the specific area of practice. This aligns with the standards and requirements for nurses and midwives with prescriptive authority of medicinal products.
• Provide evidence of support from an employer and a completed Site Declaration Form (Advanced Practice Nursing Site Declaration Form All Applicants), signed by the director of nursing/public health/authorised nurse manager. The Site Declaration Form must contain confirmation of a designated medical practitioner mentor and/or ANP mentor.
• Demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development.
• Possess a competent level of information technology literacy.
• Be currently employed as a nurse or midwife in the voluntary and statutory services of the Health Service Executive or a private health service organisation.

Learning occurs in many contexts, including work, involvement in social and community activities, and learning through life experience generally. Recognition of prior learning (RPL) does not give credit for experience as such – rather, it considers learning that was acquired as a result of the experience.

RPL may be used to gain admission to programmes where an applicant may not have obtained the standard entry requirements. This is considered on a case-by-case basis.

Exemptions from programme modules that duplicate learning already demonstrably acquired through prior learning may also be considered on a case-by-case basis.

For more information, please contact the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

• Tel: +353 1 402 2445
• Email: nursing@rcsi.ie

English language requirements for RCSI Postgraduate programmes are published on the RCSI website here.

If you have completed undergraduate/postgraduate full-time studies in the medium of the English language (three or more years cumulatively) or are registered with the NMBI, you are exempt from these requirements.

The fees for this two-year MSc Programme are: €14,030.

• Year one: €7,015
• Year two: €7,015

Please note:

• Fees include the €45 NUI fee.
• There is an additional application fee of €50 which is non-refundable.
• Fees are subject to review annually.
• Fees can be paid by bank transfer. Full details on fee payment will be emailed to you before the commencement of your programe.
• You can pay your fees in three instalments – one payment of 40% is due before you commence the programme, while the remaining payments can be paid in two 30% instalments in November and February of your year of study.
• If you meet the criteria for a non-EU student, please contact us for more information on fee payments at Tel: +353 1 402 2445 or Email: nursing@rcsi.ie.
• Sponsored Students: If your study is sponsored by your employer, you will be required to upload written confirmation of your sponsorship when accepting your programme offer. You will be unable to accept your offer until confirmation of sponsorship is received or a payment is made. Please view our Postgraduate Fees Policy for more information.