Analysis of nursing programme completion rates in a southwestern Colombian university

Olga Lucia  Gaitán-Gómez; Claudia Liliana  Gaitan-Gomez; Patricia  Aristizabal; Martha Cecilia  Ospina Uribe

doi:10.54502/msuceva.v3n1a7

Autores/as

Olga Lucia Gaitán-Gómez Universidad Libre seccional Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Claudia Liliana Gaitan-Gomez SIS VIDA S.A.S. Santiago de Cali
Patricia Aristizabal Iztacala Faculty of Higher Studies, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Martha Cecilia Ospina Uribe Nursing Program Universidad Santiago de Cali,Valle del Cauca, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54502/msuceva.v3n1a7

Palabras clave:

Education, education professional, nursing, nursing student, graduate

Resumen

The aim of this research was to determine the graduation rate of a nursing programme and to explore the factors that contribute to or hinder the successful completion of the programme. The research adopted a descriptive approach, using a sample of students enrolled in and graduating from a nursing programme at a university in the southwestern region of Colombia, from 2012 to 2021. Data for the study were obtained from the university's academic records, meticulously organised and analysed using Microsoft Excel® spreadsheets. The analytical process involved extensive descriptive statistical analysis, including frequency tables, indices and proportions. The ethical considerations of the study were duly addressed, with formal approval from the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health, as documented in Law No. 05 of 22 April 2022. The cumulative graduation rate for the nursing programme for the period 2017 to 2021 was 37.9%. In addition, the study provided insights into the graduation rates for specific cohorts, with the following findings: for the cohort from 2012 to 2017, the rate was 18.2%; for the cohort from 2013 to 2018, the rate reached 32.3%; the cohort from 2014 to 2019 recorded a rate of 37.1%; similarly, the cohort from 2015 to 2020 recorded a rate of 40.5%, while the most recent cohort from 2016 to 2021 achieved a rate of 43.3%. Further examination of the data revealed that certain academic and socio-economic-personal factors significantly influenced successful completion of the programme. These included a strong affinity with the programme's "vocation of service to humanity" and crucial family support in a spiritual context. Looking at the cumulative and cohort-specific completion rates, it became clear that the attrition rate, which includes students who either partially or completely withdrew from the programme during their studies, was over 50%.

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Biografía del autor/a

Olga Lucia Gaitán-Gómez, Universidad Libre seccional Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Professor of Nursing at the Universidad Libre Cali, she is a member of the Molecular Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Group at the same university. Graduate in Nursing and Master in Biomedical Sciences from the Universidad del Valle, Doctorate in Nursing from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Claudia Liliana Gaitan-Gomez, SIS VIDA S.A.S. Santiago de Cali

Specialist in Management of Health Institutions and Auditing of Health Services from the Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina - Colombia. Specialist in General Dentistry from the University of Santiago de Cali. She works as an auditor for SIS VIDA S.A.S.

Patricia Aristizabal, Iztacala Faculty of Higher Studies, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

She is a full-time professor at the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and professor of the Master's Degree in Nursing at UNAM. She is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers. Degree in Nursing from the University of Antioquia, Colombia. Master in Nursing Education from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Doctor of Science in Health Systems from the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico.

Martha Cecilia Ospina Uribe, Nursing Program Universidad Santiago de Cali,Valle del Cauca, Colombia

She is a Colombian nurse, a specialist in health services management and higher education, with a Master's degree in higher education from the University of Santiago de Cali. She is a full-time lecturer in the Nursing programme at the University of Santiago de Cali and is a member of the Health Care Research Group.

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