title: [New challenges in the field of advanced education for nursing personnel in Latin America].
abstract: This document examines and describes the basic characteristics of the 48 postgraduate nursing programs that exist in Latin American countries. A critical and holistic analysis model is used to identify their ideological foundations, the policies that govern them at the ministerial and institutional levels, and the conditions in which the programs operate, in an attempt to highlight areas where critical needs exist and to offer recommendations on how to satisfy them. Emphasis is placed on the capacity of international agencies, governments, and universities to improve postgraduate nursing education through the definition of priorities in light of the general reforms taking place in the health sector, the provision of support for research on nursing topics, and the coordination of cooperation initiatives at the national and international levels.
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D009740:Nursing Staff