Abstract
It is most certain that in any academic institution like St. Mary’s College, Inc., factors to consider for the graduates are the quality of education and trainings received from the school of their formation to ensure the highest rate of employability, increased satisfaction on the performance of the graduates and stakeholders. This relevant information can be made available through conducting a tracer study to obtain accurate data to probe on the professional competency of the graduates for the purpose of revising the nursing curriculum for further improvement and satisfaction of the stakeholders. Thus, this tracer study aimed at conveying a positive attitude of concern by getting in touch with the BSN graduates to express interest for social communication and evaluate their present life’s works and conditions. For this study, a total of one hundred ninety (190) graduates from Batch 2007 to 2022 participated through a structured online survey questionnaire formulated by the author, as many of the respondents are working overseas. Based on the results of the data, almost 100% are currently employed in their respective fields of interest both locally and abroad. The graduates’ early phase of experience at work covered a period of waiting for almost 3 to 6 months after passing the board examination before being hired to different hospitals in the locality and overseas either as permanent or probationary employees. Future research on this topic would focus on other variables related to tracer study of graduates in other fields. The data of the study was analyzed using frequencies and percentages. The results revealed that out of the 190 respondents, 146 (68.42%) got employed as nurses and 39 (20.53%) to non-nursing jobs whereas 14 (7.37%) abstained from revealing their current jobs. At the time of the study, 69 (36.32 %) were employed overseas and 121 (63.68%) were working temporarily in the country while waiting for the processing of papers for employment abroad.