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Graduate tracer study of the college of nursing
Marc Patrich R. Sanchez1, Vivian Aimee M. Diamante2.
Nowadays, finding employment is as hard as finding a needle in a haystack. Moreover, many nursing
graduates are noted to have work that is not related to their course in college. Graduate Tracer studies are
essential for understanding the relevance and quality of programs offered by the universities as well as the
labour market. The study determined the current work status and employment data of the graduates of the
University of Cebu Lapulapu and Mandaue (UCLM) College of Nursing of all batches from 2007 to 2014.
The findings served as a basis for a report on the employment data of UCnian nursing graduates. The data for
this tracer study was gathered through the Graduate Tracer Tool (GTT) patterned from the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED). In the data analysis, descriptive statistics was used. The employment data of the
respondents showed the current work status of the nursing graduates. The majority of the respondents are
employed. In their present occupation, most of the respondents assume professional work and the major line
of business is in the health and social work sector. It was depicted that most of them are regular employees,
have professional occupations and have local jobs in the health and social work field. Most are regular/
permanently and are locally employed. More than a half got their jobs within 1 to 6 months and almost twothirds
of the respondents had jobs related to the course they took up in college. The competencies that the
graduates find useful in their first job are communication skills, critical thinking skills and human relations
skills.
Affiliation:
- University of Cebu, Philippines
- University of Cebu, Philippines
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