Comparability of a Cartagena nursing program with other international programs: a systematic analysis.

un análisis sistemático

Abstract

Background: higher education faces continuous social and technological changes that respond effectively to the scientific exchange generated in the contemporary world. The insertion of a complex, changing and diverse social and labor world makes professionals achieve greater competences associated with the knowledge society. Objective. to characterize the nursing programs and curricula offered by the universities of the world. Methods: descriptive, exploratory - cross-sectional study, the population constituted 104 nursing programs, the data collection was carried out through a systematic search of the information published on the web pages of the nursing associations, the data were analyzed by means of the technique of manual colorimetry. Results: the subjects were grouped by components of epistemological training or basic disciplinary, professional, and complementary area. Nursing careers vary in duration or study time by country, but range from 4 to 5 years, academic credits range between 121 and 410 credits in different continents. Conclusions: the inclusion of subjects by component and the strengthening of the ethics subject in all the Latin American countries point to the new competences that a graduate in nursing should have when providing humanized  ethical care and ensuring the administration of resources human and material.