NMU MCur (Adv Midwifery & Neon Nurs Sc) Course Work Part Time

Introduction

The coursework masters programmes prepare candidates for advanced practice in a specialised field of nursing science and provides an internationally marketable qualification.

The programme consists of practical work, a treatise and the following modules:

• Fundamentals of Nursing
• Nursing Theories
• Contemporary Ethical Issues in Nursing
• Research methodology
• Treatise
• Clinical Pharmacology (Nursing)
• Regulatory processes in Nursing Education
• Developing Nursing Education programmes
• Nursing Education systems and models
• Quality Management in Nursing Education

Requirements for admission

(Please note that these are the specific programme admission requirements – the university has its own minimum admission requirements.)

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Unless Senate decides otherwise, candidates shall be admitted to the study for the degree only if they:

• occupy an approved post or possess appropriate experience;
• have obtained a mark of at least 60% in the major modules for the Bachelor’s degree. Candidates may be required to supplement their knowledge to the satisfaction of the Head of the Department;
• have been approved as candidates for the degree by the Health Sciences Faculty Research, Technology and Innovation Committee, on the recommendation of the Head of the Department of Nursing Science;
• hold a four-year Bachelor of Nursing degree or a qualification deemed by Senate to be equivalent; or
• have been admitted to the status of such degree on the grounds of a three-year Bachelor’s degree, meet the professional registration requirement and such additional requirements as may be determined by Senate.