Opinion of employers on the performance of the ENEO Nursing s pecialization Unique Plan gr aduates

Abstract

Introduction: High Level Education Institutions need to assess their education offer pertinence in terms of the labor market demands in order to guarantee the best conditions for the professional development of their graduates.

Objective: Identify the opinion of employers on the performance of the ENEO-UNAM Nursing Specialization Unique Plan (PUEE) graduates.

Methods: Employers from eleven 3rd level attention health institutions (9 public, one private, and one civil association) and located mainly in the Federal District, were interviewed. Studied variables included general competencies, specific knowledge, attributes, attitudes and values. The final instrument had 39 items to be graded as 1 = very deficient, 2 = deficient, 3 = acceptable, 4 = very acceptable, or 5 = outstanding.

Results: Employers considered that the graduates have a very acceptable level of specialty knowledge, specialized care, nursing attention process (NAP), and specialized language. There were differences in the grades depending on the institution size; the distant ones giving better scores than the national institutes of health.

Discussion: The performance level is proportional to the attention quality, and should stay as a nursing professional distinctive. It is necessary to strengthen the decision taking and self-assessment capacity, among other, and analyze the particular cases of the institutions which gave lower scores.