EMPLOYABILITY OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING GRADUATES IN CEBU NORMAL UNIVERSITY IN THE A.Y. 2006-2010

Abstract

The New Paradigm for higher education emphasizes the need for institutional autonomy with accountability. Higher education institutions (HEis) need to be concerned with the ultimate disposition and success of their graduates in order to ensure that their educational products are consistent with both student and ultimately employer needs. Thus, this study is done to determine the employment status of nursing graduates of Cebu Normal University for the Academic Year 2006-2010.

A descriptive - normative survey research design was utilized with emphasis on the current employment status of the CNU nursing graduates in Academic Year 2006 to 20 l 0. The total number of graduates within the Academic Year 2006-2010 was 889 and 34% of the total population were taken as the respondents of the study which was 308. Information regarding the employment of each graduate was obtained through personal, phone and mail interviews.

Based on the findings presented, it is concluded that nurse graduates in Cebu Normal University have very satisfactory employability rate. Furthermore, most of the nurse graduates at present are vent on practicing their profession since they also have the job opportunities in the nursing service within the locality excluding the fresh graduates. Further studies should be undertaken to determine the working performance of the nurse graduates as perceived by their respective employers.