Nursing & Midwifery - Wound Management & Tissue Viability

Advance your theoretical knowledge and develop a critical and questioning approach as you explore professional and clinical issues relevant to wound management and tissue viability. Enhance your clinical practice by developing an in-depth knowledge in relation to the assessment and management of individuals with leg ulceration, lymphoedema, pressure ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers.



You will also explore advanced concepts in wound management and tissue viability. This RCSI School of Nursing and Midwifery programme is delivered part-time 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, programme director and regular online drop-in sessions.



The award title for this course is Postgraduate Certificate Nursing (Wound Management and Tissue Viability).



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 wound management and tissue viability.

What you will learn



Advanced Concepts in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair

Develop advanced knowledge and critical thinking in core concepts of wound management and tissue viability



Critical Issues in the Assessment and Management of Individuals with Pressure Ulcers and Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Enhance skills for preventing, assessing, and managing pressure ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers



Critical Issues in the Assessment and Management of Individuals with Leg Ulceration and Lymphoedema

Advance knowledge and skills for preventing, assessing, and managing leg ulceration and lymphoedema

To be eligible for the programme you must:



Hold an NFQ Level 8 qualification. However, if you do not hold a Level 8 qualification you 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 they are practicing if international students.



Recognition of prior learning (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

Fees and funding

•Total fees: Fees are currently being reviewed for 2020/21 and will be released shortly.


Please note

•Your annual fees include the €45 NUI fee.

•There is a non-refundable online application fee of €50.

•Fees can be paid by bank transfer, cheque (made payable to 'RCSI') or bank giro. Full details on fee payment will be emailed to you shortly before the commencement of your programme.

•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

Next start date January 2026

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