Nursing Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia from the caribbean to the colombian west

Elveny Laguado Jaimes*, Doriam Esperanza Camacho**, Magda Liliana Villamizar Osorio*

The university has five Nursing programs, locatedin Santa Marta, Bucaramanga, Pasto, Villavicencio and Medellín On this occasion we will talk about the first two, which began in 1994 and 1997, respectively. As a differentiating factor, students recognize the solidarity economy as a model for sustainable development through participation in social projects in vulnerable communities, promoting the obtaining of economic resources according to cooperative, social and solidarity principles; as well as the promotion of innovation and technological development to empower the individual and communities in sustainable solutions to health problems

In Bucaramanga, the Program has high-quality accreditation[1], with coverage in the Colombian Northeast; To date, it has 2,265 graduates, recognized for their leadership and performance in national and international health institutions, health secretaries, and mayors' offices in territorial entities. The Research Group for Health and Well-being recognized by Minciencias in category B, with projects in national and international alliances, such as the Ibero-American Nursing Network, the Latin American Network for chronic patient and family care, the International Network of Critical Care Nursing REINECC, the Ibero-American Network of EvidenceBased Nursing, with health institutions and research groups, responds to social needs in the clinical and community settings to contribute to health practice and services in different contexts and population groups of adolescents, older adults, health personnel, early childhood and family, in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals: Health, Nutrition and Education. Likewise, from social projection articulated with municipal entities and participation of the communities of influence of the institutions providing health services, it has developed actions to promote the health and well-being of the family, adolescents, older adults and especially women.

To date, 1,322 Nursing professions have graduated on the Santa Marta campus. One of the great challenges has been the training of students from the Arhuaca indigenous communities in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta