Career path and satisfaction of graduates of Nursing Bachelor from the Faculty of Higher Studies Zaragoza

Abstract

Introduction: The dynamics of the labor market involves the ways of producing and offering services and the selection of the work force. The monitoring of the insertion and trajectory of the graduates provides essential information for educational institutions.

Objective: To describe the location, career path and satisfaction of graduates of nursing degree in the Faculty of Higher Studies Zaragoza of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study with a non-probabilistic sample of 140 graduate students in nursing. A questionnaire with 30 items was applied, on the location and trajectory of graduates in the labor market and a section on satisfaction with their work activity assessed with a Likert scale.

Results: 66.4% of the graduates of bachelor's degree in nursing have jobs in the health sector. 49% are in public institutions and 51% in private institutions. The graduate’s value feeling satisfied with their work activity, 60% of them have the possibility of responding to problems of social relevance and 57.1% applies the knowledge learned.

Conclusions: The insertion of graduates to the labor market is determined not only by academic factors but also by social, labor and union factors. Among the academic factors are the good acceptance of the career in the labor market, the skills acquired and the prestige of the institution.