GUSQUI VIZUETE, Carmen Eliana; PINTAG TIXI, Jhonnatan Darío; QUISHPI LUCERO, Verónica Cecilia    MERA HERRERA, Viviana del Rocío. Pertinencia de programas de postgrado en enfermería en la Zona de Salud 3 de Ecuador. []. , 15, 2, pp.68-75. ISSN 2661-6742.  https://doi.org/10.37135/ee.04.11.09.

This research aimed to determine the relevance for the generation of postgraduate training programs in the nursing area at the National University of Chimborazo, in 2019. A descriptive and transversal study with a quantitative approach was developed. The population was constituted by 467 individuals who spontaneously agreed: 450 nursing professionals and 17 employers of health care units in the Ecuadorian territory. The data were collected from two surveys: one addressed to professional nursing staff and the other one to managers and employers. The female gender predominated (92%), as well as the ages between 20 and 29 years (51%), the bachelor's degree in Nursing (82%), those who worked in general hospitals (66%) and those ones with 10 or less years of experience (76%). Most of the professionals involved said that they could pay between 5,000 and 6,500 USD for a fourth-level training at the National University of Chimborazo, with face-to-face meetings on weekends. Employers considered this specialized preparation necessary and identified Obstetrics Gynecology, research, and teaching as the areas in greatest demand by the institutions they represented.

: Education; Nursing; Graduate; Specialization; Certification.

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