Egresados de las especializaciones en enfermería. Evaluación en una década (The graduates of the specialization in nursing: evaluation in a decade)

Introduction: Quality and pertinence education of human resources; able to adapt to the change in the environment gives, in one of the challenges super education must encourage. The graduates, the investigation, and intellectual production are considered the most important results from the universities. Characterize and consider the results produced by its graduates in the environment, is important for the auto evaluation process of the academic programs and the institutions of superior education. The situations of the graduates a proof of the reaching of the universities goals in its education and mission. The chase of our graduates is an evaluative strategy of curricular character to valve the performance and professional development of the graduates; identify the adecuation degree existing between the education received and the professional and occupational profile, giving important information to make decisions in the educative programs; even though it's not the only variable to consider when it's about changing academic programs that must consider the scientific techniques, humanist and social requirements and the needs of the market in terms of the employers. Methodology: The nursing school and education and pedagogic institute of Valle University made a descriptive study to analyze the situation of the graduates of the nursing specialization between the years 1992 and 2002; in relation to the characteristic of their employees, their contribution to the creation of companies, their affiliation to graduate associations publications made. Results: The graduates are working in public and private institutions with a bigger percentage in private institution, except for the graduates in nephrology. The graduates qualify the program as good between 70% and 50%, and as excellent between 37% and 50%, the university must work in continuous improvement and advance the qualification of the program from good and excellent. Valley University continues accomplishing with its responsibility of educational institute and the specialization programs must advance in academic quality. Conclusions and recommendations: The labor environment of the nursing specialists has changed in a radical way