Graduates of the Nursing in Healthcare Administration Specialization progam at Universidad de Las Américas are highly qualified, competent, and enterprising professionals with an international-global vision. Graduates possess scientific, technical, ethical, and humanistic competencies and are prepared to contribute to solving challenges related to perioperative care and the management of surgical centers and sterilization units.
Furthermore, graduates provide perioperative nursing care with ethics, humanism, and assertive communication, grounded in scientific knowledge, stages of the Nursing Care Process, surgical-epidemiological profiles of the population, and current legal regulations. Graduates develop protocols and procedures for patient care before, during, and after surgery, applying patient safety principles. Graduates plan clinical and administrative management of surgical centers and sterilization units across different levels of care, demonstrating leadership, organization, and efficient use of human talent and resources. In addition, graduates contribute to the education of surgical patients and healthcare personnel by designing educational programs and carrying out training and capacity-building activities within their area of expertise. Graduates also support problem-solving in the surgical field through research and evidence-based practice.
Ultimately, graduates are expected to lead multidisciplinary teams in national and international contexts, acting with ethics, creativity, proactiveness, innovation, and responsibility. Graduates demonstrate respect for diversity and compliance with current legal regulations, work for the benefit of society, and are committed to advancing healthcare.
Demographic Data - provides information about student enrollment disaggregated by gender and ethnicity, offering insight into the demographic diversity within the program.
Student Completion - provides information about graduation rates and graduation rates disaggregated by gender calculated through the 2021–2022 academic year, based on cohorts of new, first-time students, regardless of enrollment in the program's daytime or evening instructional delivery (if applicable).
All programs utilize the Brightspace platform to collect and assess student work and to compile data and evidence of student achievement. The resulting outcomes and their analysis, which focus on identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent assessment period for each Program Learning Outcome (PLO) is indicated, along with the percentage representing the level of achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, based on the rubric used to evaluate student work.