NATIONAL EXAM OF NURSING IN CHILE: THE IMPORTANCE AND CHALLENGES

Abstract

Assessing the quality of education of graduates, through a national exam, is a recent activity in Chile, however, international experience is extensive and varied. This article shows the need and importance of some form of measurement of skills in graduates of nursing careers, the characteristics of the assessments made by some countries that have implemented it, as well as policies and organizations regulating its implementation. It also describes the experience of implementation of a national exam in the area of health in Chile, such as medicine and nursing.