MSc in Wound Management and Tissue Viability
€13,870
Master advanced wound management and tissue viability skills and learn how to transform patient care on this comprehensive online programme delivered by expert wound management professionals.
Masters
2 years
Hybrid - Part-time
90 ECTS
September 2025
About
Advance your theoretical knowledge with an MSc Nursing (Wound Management and Tissue Viability) from the RCSI School of Nursing and Midwifery, and develop a critical and questioning approach as you explore professional issues relevant to wound management and tissue viability.
You will enhance your clinical practice and develop an in-depth knowledge of the assessment, treatment and management of wounds including pressure ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers. The programme is delivered by international wound management experts and provides guidance on the management of acute and chronic wounds in all healthcare settings, as well as the research skills necessary to play an important role in ensuring wound care practice continues to be based on the best evidence.
You will gain a specialist skillset based on best practice and the latest research and evidence, while exploring and analysing existing theories and concepts that are fundamental in wound management and tissue viability. You will develop key research skills and work on a cutting-edge research knowledge base, built on exposure to best practice in research and evidence-based practice. You will be supported to develop a systematic review based on a topic of your choosing.
This 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 MSc Nursing (Wound Management and Tissue Viability).
This course is a Level 9 award on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications.
Enhance your clinical judgement in wound evaluation, treatment and management
Develop specialised skills in tissue viability
Discuss person-centred care approaches and considerations
Suitable for
This programme is suitable for nurses caring for patients with wounds.
Introduction to Wound Management and Tissue Viability at RCSI
Meet Prof. Zena Moore, Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery at RCSI, and find out more about the aims, structure, and background of the Wound Management and Tissue Viability programme.
What you will learn
What our students say
“The professors are passionate and highly knowledgeable in the area of wounds and are eager to help students ... I found RCSI to be a culturally diverse university with equal inclusion for students from all over the world ... "
Faculty highlight
Biography
Helen Strapp, Lecturer and Programme Director
Helen serves as leader for Wound Management and Tissue Viability (WMTV) and plays a pivotal role in pressure ulcer prevention and management at Tallaght University Hospital.
Course information
This programme will provide you with the skills and knowledge to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of a comprehensive range of knowledge in the area of wound management and tissue viability.
- Articulate a critical awareness of the latest evidence-based knowledge in the specialist area.
- Demonstrate a range of research and specialist knowledge and skills to the specialist area of clinical practice.
- Select from a broad range of specialist skills and knowledge in the specialist area.
- Act in a comprehensive and often unpredictable variety of professional and ill-defined contexts in the specialist area.
- Take significant responsibility for the work of individuals and groups and lead and initiate activity in the specialist area.
- Critically self-evaluate professional and personal learning needs and those of others within their specialist area of practice and link to related continuing professional development requirements.
- Present a reflective and questioning approach to specialist practice delivery and exhibit professional application of her/his knowledge in an accountable, responsible and evidence-based manner.
On the successful completion of your programme, you may be interested in pursuing a professional doctorate. For more information, please contact us at nursing@rcsi.ie.
This programme is assessed through a range of assessment modalities.
All programmes offered by the School of Nursing and Midwifery are accredited by RCSI, the National University of Ireland and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. Recognition by bodies in other jurisdictions must be determined by individual applicants.
Admissions
To be eligible for the programme you must:
- Be a registered nurse or midwife in your country of practice.
- Hold a bachelor degree. If you don’t hold a bachelor degree, please see the recognition of prior learning pathway outlined below.
- Be working in the healthcare industry.
- Meet the English language requirements (unless exempt): IELTS score of 6.5, Duolingo 105-110, or equivalent score on another standardised test. Please see below for list of exemptions.
Learning occurs in many contexts, including work, involvement in social and community activities, and learning through life experience generally.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) does not give credit for experience as such; rather, it considers learning that was acquired as a result of the experience. RPL may be used to gain admission to programmes where an applicant may not have obtained the standard entry requirements. This is considered on a case-by-case basis.
Exemptions from programme modules that duplicate learning already demonstrably acquired through prior learning may also be considered on a case-by-case basis.
For more information, please contact the School of Nursing and Midwifery:
- Tel: +353 1 402 2445
- Email: nursing@rcsi.ie
English language requirements are published here. If you have completed undergraduate/postgraduate full-time studies in the medium of the English language (three or more years cumulatively), or if you are registered with the NMBI, you are exempt from these requirements.
Fee (Year 1 and 2): €13,870
The fees for the two-year MSc programme are €13,870. However, if you have completed a Postgraduate Diploma, the fees for Year 2 of the MSc programme are €6,970.
| Payment due | Amount | |
| Year 1 | When confirming acceptance | €2,760 |
| 31 January 2026 | €2,070 | |
| 31 March 2026 | €2,070 | |
| Year 2 | 30 August 2026 | €2,788 |
| 30 November 2026 | €2,091 | |
| 28 February 2027 | €2,091 | |
| Total | €13,870 |
Please note:
- Fee includes all resources, access to our award-winning online learning portal and access to extensive RCSI-only databases.
- Fee includes an NUI fee.
- Fee is payable via the above schedule, where relevant.
- If you have outstanding fees you will not be entitled to receive your grades or be eligible to progress and or graduate (VLE and Library privileges will be withdrawn in these cases).
- RCSI accepts no obligation to refund any fee, or part thereof, in respect of a student who chooses to withdraw from a programme.
- If you choose to withdraw from a programme you are liable for full fees owed for the seat on that programme.
- All NUI parchments are issued in Latin; you will be required to pay an additional fee of €50 to NUI if you wish to have a parchment published in English.
- Fees are subject to review annually.
- If you are being sponsored or funded by your employer you should upload a funding confirmation letter in the document upload section on the application portal.)
Please view our Postgraduate fees policy for more information.
Sponsored students
If your study is sponsored by your employer, you will be required to upload written confirmation of your sponsorship when accepting your programme offer. You will be unable to accept your offer until confirmation of sponsorship is received or a payment is made.
How to apply
Applications for September 2025 are now open, please apply at the link below or email nursing@rcsi.ie for further information.
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