Process of university admission: analysis and criteria for admission to the Nursing

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the admission process and the criteria for the admission of students to the Nursing career of the Universidad Hispanoamericana,
from the first class period of 2015 to the first class period of 2017 Materials and methods: 1128 first-year nursing students were studied, a Test of Basic Knowledge of Biology and Chemistry and a personality test were also applied. Results: In the first class period of 2015, 235 students apply the admission
test, 129 students do it during the second period of 2015 and 98 people for the third period of 2015. In the first period of 2016, the Nursing course admits 282 students, in the second period 107 and during the third period 82 students. In the first four months of 2017, 195 people were admitted. In the first semester of 2015, 2% (n = 5) of the first-year students of the Nursing career presented personality alterations, being a low number for the total number of students completing the admission process (n = 235). However, during the third period of 2016, 23% (n = 19) presented alterations in the personality profile. Conclusions: The results demonstrate the importance of subjecting the student to follow-up during admission to higher education institutions, as well as the importance of analyzing the feasibility of the instruments used during admission.