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Try Nursing 2024 - Session 2 - fully booked

Date : Wed 30 Oct

Time : 09:30 - 16:00

This event is now fully booked

Cost : €60

O'Connell Bianconi Nursing Building, Cork Road Campus

Try Nursing is a unique event that offers potential students an opportunity to participate in nursing and caring skills that will provide them with an insight into the programmes of nursing and health care on offer within South East Technological University. The focus of the day is to provide a fun filled and informed day for potential students of nursing and Applied Health Care. This day is facilitated by Academic staff who teach across a breath of undergraduate and post graduate programmes in the Department of Nursing and Health Care and who can provide insights and answer questions potential students have in relation to our programmes.

Light refreshments are included in the price for the day. On booking, the fee is not refundable. Places are limited and booking is required to attend.

This event is suited towards sixth, fifth and transition year students interested in the following courses:

Event schedule

9.30 to 10.00Registration & formation of groups
10.00 to 11.15

Welcome address from Nursing lecturers and students

  • Introduction to Nursing/Healthcare as a career
  • A day in the life of a student nurse
  • Ice breaker activity
11.15 - 11.30Break
11.30 - 12.15Nursing skills (lab 1)
12.15 - 13.00Nursing skills (lab 2)
13.00 - 14.00Light lunch provided
14.00 - 14.45Nursing Skills (lab 3)
14.45 - 15.30Nursing Skills (lab 4)
15.30 – 16.00Closing session and questions & answers

About the event

The Try Nursing event at the Department of Nursing and Health Care in South East Technological University is aimed at transition, fifth and sixth year students. It is an interactive experience into the education and role of a nurse, from their beginning as a student to the vast range of opportunities available in a modern nursing career. Participants will get an opportunity to practice a range of clinical skills in a simulated environment. They will also get a chance to talk with current nursing students and meet qualified nurses from a variety of disciplines.