The Master Program in Nursing at Universidad de Las Américas prepares highly qualified health professionals with comprehensive scientific, technical, and humanistic training who can contribute to the resolution of health-related problems. The program provides graduates with a holistic formation guided by ethical principles and values, as well as by a social commitment to respond to the needs of patients, their families, and the community.
Graduates are capable of managing advanced practice nursing and implementing quality models in health care. They contribute to the enhancement of knowledge in nursing and health care by applying disciplinary and multidisciplinary research findings to priority solutions and emerging issues.
The graduates of the master program in Nursing have the skills to manage the health units that provide services based on quality principles, ethics, and resource optimization. It is expected that the graduate, in the face of scientific and technological development, constantly seeks to update knowledge and be a reference in the field of health care. In addition, graduates should demonstrate an innovative, proactive, and humanistic spirit in their training and professional development.
Program enrollment: Program headcount totals the number of students enrolled yearly.
Graduation rate: is calculated through the 2020-2021 academic year, based on new, first-time students entering in the fall semester, regardless of whether they enroll in the daytime or evening version of their program (if available). These rates do not consider incoming transfer students.
In every semester, the program provides assessment results according to its Multiannual Assessment Plan (MAP), which typically considers one or more of its program learning outcomes (PLOs). Most programs utilize the platform Brightspace to collect and assess student work and to present the data and evidence of student achievement. These results and their analysis, with the objective of identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s annual assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent period in which a PLO has been assessed is indicated, with the percentage indicating achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, according to the rubric used to evaluate the student work. This standard can be designated at an introductory, intermediate, or final level, depending upon how the course learning outcomes (CLOs) align to each PLO in the program’s curriculum map.