DK874 · Level 8 · 4 years

Mental Health Nursing

Dundalk Institute of Technology · Rest Of Leinster

2026 Round 1 points

366

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About this course

This is a nursing degree that prepares you to become a registered psychiatric nurse. You learn to support people with mental health difficulties and their families.

How long
4 years
What you study
In college you learn through lectures, group work, practical labs and role-play. Subjects include mental health recovery, psychology, psychopharmacology, therapeutic relationships, trauma-informed practice and mental health therapies. Half of the course is clinical placement.
Placement and abroad
You have clinical placements every year and a paid 36-week internship with the HSE in the final stage.
Where it can lead
Graduates can work as mental health nurses in community services, mental health units, addiction and eating disorder services, and charities, or continue to postgraduate nursing study.
Who it suits
Suits students who are good listeners, stay calm under pressure and want to help people through mental health challenges.

Summary written by FindMyCollegeCourse.ie from the college's own course information. Check the college website for full details.

About Health

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Points history

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Round 1 points by year

YearRound 1Final (end of season)Middle student
2026366Published after the final round
2025 310310339
2024 270235298
2023 367366419

Round 1 is the points needed for a first-round offer. Final is the lowest points offered a place after all rounds. Middle student is the points of the student in the middle of everyone who got a place. * means not everyone on those points got a place (random selection). Source: CAO points lists.

Subject requirements

  • Mathematics: Higher H7 or Ordinary O6
  • English or Irish: Higher H7 or Ordinary O6
  • Lab Science Subject: Higher H7 or Ordinary O6

These are the course's own subject requirements. You also need to meet the college's general minimum entry requirements.

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