The Application Process
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 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.
Mature Applicants:
It is vital to study the section on Mature Applicants in Nursing, A Career For You, produced by An Board Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland)
Educational Requirements – The Leaving Certificate
How to Find Out More on Nursing Application:
Please read Nursing/Midwifery, A Career for You - published by The Nursing Careers Centre, An Board Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann(Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland) 18/20 Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin. Tel: 01 6398528 ; The CAO Website Here