EVALUATION AND ACCREDITATION PROCESS IN NURSING CAREERS: EXPERIENCE OF AN ECUADORIAN UNIVERSITY.

Abstract

Introduction: The Nursing Careers have incorporated in their processes the evaluation and accreditation model established by the governing body of Higher Education Institutions, all with a view to achieving excellence in higher education. Objective: To analyze the results generated in the evaluation and self-evaluation of the Nursing Career. Methods: Documentary research, descriptive, with non-experimental design; in which the information was obtained from the report of the results of the external evaluation, issued by CACES; the internal self-evaluation report, the evaluation model of the learning environment and the improvement plan; with which, we proceeded to perform a descriptive analysis comparing the results obtained in the two processes, as well as the strengths and weaknesses that arose from the same. Results: In the first evaluation carried out, the Career obtained an overall rating of 67, with the criterion Relevance having the highest score (10/10) and the criterion Academy the lowest score (12.46/25). In the self-evaluation process carried out 4 years later, the Career obtained an overall score of 77.55, with the Academy criterion having the lowest score (14.47/25) and Pre-professional Practices obtaining the highest score among the criteria evaluated (17.40/18). Conclusions: The Nursing Career presented an improvement in its evaluation and self-evaluation process, with a view to achieving academic excellence; however, there are indicators that must continue to be strengthened.