Nursing (Perioperative Care) - MSc Programme content
Key information
Key information
- Complete full-time over two years. Taken on a part-time basis.
- Blended delivery – on campus and online.
- Six on-campus teaching days. Additional attendance may be required for assessment.
- Modules taught during the autumn and spring semesters. You can click here for a schedule of lectures.
- Undertake six modules in Year 1, including two specialist modules in perioperative care and two clinical practicum modules.
- As part of the clinical practicum modules, complete 500 hours of clinical practice across both semesters.
- Option to exit with a Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing (Perioperative Care) after Year 1.
- Students who achieve a minimum QCA grade of 2.00 at the end of year one may progress to the second year for the MSc award.
- Complete a systematic/integrated review, at the end of the final semester.
- Modules with (M) beside them can be taken as an independent micro-credential.
You will learn through a blend of
- Lectures, workshops, and hands-on activities
- Reflective practice and guided research
- Regular feedback from faculty and peers
Programme content - Year 1
Core modules
- Health Research Methods and Methodology (M) (NS6036) enables students to develop an understanding of the social, political, ethical and personal context of the research process.
- Principles Underpinning Perioperative Nursing (M) (NS609) develops knowledge and expertise on the principles underpinning perioperative nursing at specialist/advanced practice levels.
- Clinical Practicum 1 (NS6401) facilitates the consolidation, integration, and application of theory within practice.
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- Promoting Quality and Safety in Health Care (M) (NS6038) explores the concept of quality and safety in healthcare in promoting quality patient outcomes.
- Managing and Co-ordinating Perioperative Nursing (NS6082) develops knowledge and expertise in the provision, management and co-ordination of perioperative nursing at specialist/advanced practice levels.
- Clinical Practicum 2 (NS6402) facilitates the consolidation, integration and application of theory within practice.
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Programme content - Year 2
Core module
- Dissertation 1 (NS6004) facilitates students to conduct work on a systematic/integrated review.
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core module
- Dissertation 2 (NS6005) facilitates students to organise, prepare and present a final research dissertation.
Books and journal articles needed for the programme will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
