TRACER STUDY OF CEBU NORMAL UNIVERSITY NURSING GRADUATE EDUCATION A. Y. 2006· 2010

Abstract

It is one of the responsibilities of the educational institution to look for the welfare of the graduates in their respective institutions. Through this paper, the researchers were able to establish the whereabouts of the graduates after graduation. This study determines the current profile of the graduates in Cebu Normal University- Graduate Studies who took up Master of Arts in Nursing (M.A.N.)/Master / Master in Nursing (M.N.) in School Year 2006-2010.

This is a quantitative, descriptive normative, tracer study research design and Cebu Normal University Graduate Studies is considered as the main venue· of this study. Self-administered questionnaire was used in seeking pertinent information which answers the basic purpose of this research. The questionnaire was formulated by the researchers themselves adopted from the Graduate Tracer Survey (GTS) of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd). The researchers included in this study 47% of the total graduates in Master of Arts in Nursing or Master in Nursing in Academic Year 2006-2010. The researchers adopted the mailed questionnaire strategy. The respondents were traced based on the Colleges of Nursing where they were employed at the time they were still studying in CNU Graduate Studies. Other data were obtained through telephone interviews and electronic mails.

This study utilized percentage in profiling the graduates.
From the findings presented, it is concluded that the graduates in the MAN/MN Degree Programs are successful in their respective field of work and have shown potential areas of development in their respective career. It is highly recommended that the graduate school should provide means to increase the number of graduates in other fields of specialization and a tracer study should be done which will include all the graduates.