Welcome to the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery

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• Welcome to the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery
  Health Systems
• We hope you enjoy your time
• as a student here in UCD

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PROGRAMME OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS

• B1.06, 1st Floor UCD Health Sciences Building
• Email nursing_at_ucd.ie
• Anne Finan Programme Office Director
• Maureen Reynolds Programme Manager
• Grainne Connor Programme Administrator

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Registration complete?

• Have you registered to your labs/practicals
• Have you chosen your electives?
• Please ensure you are registered to 60 credits
  for the stage

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Important Things to Do

• COLLECT STUDENT CARD
• From the Astra Hall, Student Centre 
• ATTEND IT INDUCTION TO COLLECT
• FREE USB (memory stick) Daedalus Building. You
  will be brought here by your orientation guides 
• COMPLETE ONLINE REGISTRATION
• Ensure you are registered to CORE, and
  ELECTIVE modules as well as Nursing
  Self-declaration form  
• PRINT OFF PERSONAL TIMETABLE 

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Forms required for clinical placement

• Pre-employment/Pre-placement questionnaire for
  prospective nursing students (Occupational Health
  Questionnaire)
• Garda Enquiry form
• Your allocated hospital Personal Information form
  (Mater St Vincents only)
• An Bord Altranais Candidate Registration form
• Record of Health Screening/Vaccination programme
  log book

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Academic Calendar 2008 - 09

• Semester 1
• Teaching Term - 8th September 2008 28th
  November 2008
• Revision - 1st December 2008 7th December
  2008
• Examinations - 8th December 2008 19th December
  2008
• Christmas Break - 22nd December 2008 16th
  January 2009
• Semester 2
• Teaching Term - 19th January 2009 6th March
  2009
• Study Period - 9th March 2009 22nd March 2009
• Teaching Term - 23rd March 2009 24th April
  2009
• Revision - 27th April 2009 3rd May 2009
• Examinations - 5th May 2009 16th May 2009

Please book holidays outside these dates
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Any difficulties with registration? ASSISTANCE IS
AVAILABLE

• In this building in room D114 on the first floor
  , today and tomorrow
• From Monday Friday next week in B0.06 on the
  Ground Floor
• Student Desk (Tierney Building) technical
  queries
• .

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Have you completed your registration?

• Please ensure you are registered to 60 credits
  and that you have selected your
• Labs/practicals
• Electives Horizon and/or in-programme changes
  allowed up to 19th September

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KEY DATES FOR REGISTRATION

• Electives must be chosen by Friday 19th September
• Students not registered by that date will be
  subject to a late registration fee

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Need a form stamped?

• Contact the student desk in the Tierney building
  for the following
• Travel Pass and Welfare Forms
• Disabled SIS Access
• Fees and Grants queries
• Certificates of attendance
• Child Benefit
• .

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• PLEASE CHECK YOUR UCD CONNECT EMAIL REGULARLY
• University will communicate through
• UCD Connect email
• Responsibility of student to regularly check
  their UCD Connect email account for messages, to
  read the messages and to act on any requests
  contained in the messages
• SIS Student Web - personal information

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UNIFORMS

• E-mail notification regarding dates and times for
  uniform fittings
• Must attend appointment

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LOCKERS FOR NURSING STUDENTSAvailable from
the Services Desk, Ground Floor, Health Science
Centre (15 deposit) 2 weeks time