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Difference between nursing in a I.T and a university

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  • 20-08-2018 5:06pm
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    pmrc
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭


    Hi my son is thinking of Disability nursing. Its available in the local I.T which means he can stay at home. But is a nursing degree from a university better.
    To be honest i can not see how but am i naive


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    pmrc wrote: »
    Hi my son is thinking of Disability nursing. Its available in the local I.T which means he can stay at home. But is a nursing degree from a university better.
    To be honest i can not see how but am i naive

    It depends on your definition of better. :)

    In terms of the qualification, they should both be on the national Level 8 (QQI Level 8, to get technical), so the actual qualification is the same.

    There is a certain element of snobbery towards a university qualification, but ultimately, employers are less and less concerned with that.

    So if it makes financial sense, do the right thing and go to the IT.


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    invara
    Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭invara


    There should be no difference in the quality of education. A nurse is a nurse, and the governement agency (QQI) ensure that they are the same standard. The life expereince of being a student might be different, although nursing is a very vocational course and the students tend to hang out together rather than being part of the full university.

    Other things to think about- the cost difference of a student at home versus living in Dublin is huge (about €50k to stage a student in Dublin for a 4 year degree).  Nurses increasingly do masters as part of specialist training for different areas, this is where it is worth investing in as Masters programmes have significant fees.Also  the long term cost of migrating for education is that they are likely never to return to make their lives at home, particularly if they meet their life-partner at college.


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