title: Follow-up of Hadassah Nursing School's first seven graduate classes.
abstract: This article presents a study that evaluated the work performance of the first seven graduate classes of Hadassah Nursing School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Most of the graduates were located and their fields of employment and future professional plans determined. Strengths and weaknesses in the graduates' practical work are discussed. While interviewing the head nurses at the graduates' workplaces, the absorption strategies of accepting the graduates were questioned as were the ways in which the graduates were evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ziv
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ehrenfeld
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kurtzman
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Hadani
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires