Nursing & Midwifery - Infection Prevention & Control Nursing

Advance your theoretical knowledge and develop a critical and questioning approach as you explore professional, clinical and managerial issues relevant to infection prevention and control (IPC).



Enhance your clinical practice by developing an in-depth knowledge of the principles of microbiology and explore the role of the nurse in IPC within the multidisciplinary team and how to design a local IPC plan. This programme by RCSI School of Nursing and Midwifery is delivered via an active blended learning approach including self-directed learning and live online classes approximately once every week.



Further support is provided through the module lead, the programme director and regular online drop-in sessions.



The award title for this course is Postgraduate Certifcate Nursing (Infection Prevention and Control).



This course is a Level 9 award on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications



Suitable for

This programme is suitable for healthcare professionals in hospital or community settings with an interest in infection prevention and control.

What you will learn

The Microbiological Basis for Infection Prevention and Control in the Healthcare Setting

Principles of Infection Control

Managerial Issues in Infection Control

To be eligible for the programme you must:



Hold an NFQ Level 8 qualification. However, applicants who do not hold a Level 8 qualification may still be eligible to join the programme through our supported-entry pathway programme. This is subject to an assessment of prior learning and experience.



Have an active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland or other registration in a country in which you are practising if you are an international student; non-nursing applicants must have an active registration with an appropriate professional body.



Recognition of prior pearning (RPL)

If you do not meet the minimum academic requirements above, you may still be eligible to apply through recognition of prior learning (RPL). RPL is the assessment of knowledge, skills and competence previously acquired.



Learning occurs in many contexts which include work, involvement in social and community activities, or learning through life experience generally. RPL does not give credit for experience as such; rather it considers the learning that was acquired as a result of the experience.



RPL may be used to gain:



Admission to courses/programmes where a person may not have obtained the standard entry requirements.

Exemptions from course modules which duplicate the learning outcomes an individual has already demonstrably acquired through prior learning.



English language requirement exceptions

English language requirements for RCSI Postgraduate programmes are published at

https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/postgraduate/policies-and-guidelines/english-language-requirements



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.

6 months



Mode of delivery

Online - Part-time

Next start date January 2026

Upon the successful completion of this programme, students can progress to a postgraduate diploma.