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About

The Adelaide School of Nursing was founded in 1859 by Miss Bramwell who served with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea. In the same year, Florence Nightingale published her famous Notes on Nursing: What it is and what it is not which was a revolutionary text in the development of professional nurses.

The Adelaide School of Nursing provided the first nursing education for lay women in Ireland as part of the Nightingale development of the nursing profession. The life and writing of Florence Nightingale 1820-1910 were a major influence on shaping nursing as a profession in Ireland. The Adelaide School of Nursing has become famous for nursing excellence throughout the world.

Today, entrants to The Adelaide School of Nursing receive their clinical education for their degree in nursing in Tallaght University Hospital in conjunction with Trinity College, Dublin, together with entrants to the Meath School of Nursing.

The Adelaide School of Nursing continues to be at the forefront of nursing development in the twenty-first century as it has been since 1859.

The Application Process

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The Adelaide Health Foundation, through the Adelaide School of Nursing, has the responsibility, under the Charter of Tallaght University Hospital, of selecting students for nurse education at the Adelaide School of Nursing. In selecting applicants the Foundation has regard to the multi-denominational and pluralist character of the hospital.

Applicants who put the Adelaide School of Nursing on their CAO list (TR093 ) will be sent a Supplementary Application Form in mid March. Applicants should complete the form carefully and fully.

The latest date for receipt of the completed Application Form will be shown on the form. Late applications are not accepted.

On the basis of the completed Application Form the Adelaide Health Foundation will create a list of nominees and will advise Trinity College and the Central Applications Office which applicants are eligible for an offer of a place in The Adelaide School of Nursing. Offers of places will be issued by The Central Applications Office based upon the points obtained in the Leaving Certificate or upon performance in the selection procedures in the case of mature applicants. The offer will be based on the expressed preferences of the applicant for particular schools of nursing as far as places are available.

How are Students Selected for The Adelaide School of Nursing?

In conjunction with the Central Applications Office (CAO), The Adelaide Health Foundation operates selection procedures which result in offers of places in The Adelaide School of Nursing each year.

The selection steps are as follows:

Step 1

The applicant indicates a preference for The Adelaide School of Nursing (Courses TR093 ) on their CAO Application Form.

Step 2

The Adelaide Health Foundation will send a Supplementary Application Pack with a link to apply online to those applicants who put TR093 on their CAO Form

The Application Form is to be completed and submitted to the Foundation by a specified date. The completed Application Form is used to assess the applicant in respect of the qualities required by student nurses and gives the applicant the opportunity to state their reasons for applying to The Adelaide School of Nursing.

Step 3

On the basis of The Adelaide School of Nursing Application Forms the Foundation will decide which applicants are to be nominated to be considered for a place in the Adelaide School of Nursing

Step 4

The applicant will be required to secure the necessary points and educational qualifications in their Leaving Certificate/QQI required by Trinity College, Dublin, for entry to nurse education or in the case of Mature Applicants to fulfil the requirements of An Board Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann(Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland) and Trinity College, Dublin

Offers will be made by the CAO on this basis for those nominated by the Adelaide Health Foundation for The Adelaide School of Nursing.

Please Note: Applicants who are not nominated to considered to The Adelaide School of Nursing by the Foundation are considered by the CAO for offers to other Schools of Nursing on the same basis as all other candidates.