Academic profile of nursing personnel in the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 2005-2006

Abstract

Introduction: The Mexican Social Security Intitute (IMSS) is the main supplier of health services in Mexico. Due to the increasing demand of chronical-degenerative diseases the institute has been obliged to reorganize and decentralize health attention, this requires of strategical actions in order to strenghten work force. The institute implemented a professional programme with the intention of increasing the professional level up to an academical bachalorate degree from nursery staff.

Objective: To determine academical degree from nursery staff.

Methodology: It was autoapplied a questionnarie of 28 closed questions to staff working in the units at that very moment. From a total amount of 86,088 nurses within Obligatory Regimen and an amount of 11,603 from IMSS-Oportunidades. Descriptive analysis was done.

Results: This survey was answered by 77.8% from Obligatory Regimen and 90.2% from IMSS-Oportunidades, 17% from obligatory system nursery staff and 5% IMSS-Oportunidades nursery staff are allready bachalorated. Half of surveyed staff got their bachalorate from Complementary University System. The third part of firts level staff already have thecnical degree studies.

Conclusions: There is a significant percentage result in bacha- lorates within nursery staff (9.3 to 18%) in obligatory system. Nevertheless it is of great importance that IMSS keeps on providing professional programmes in order to give the same opportunities to improved academical level in nursery staff.