Interdisciplinary Journal of Research and Development ISSN 2410-3411 (online) / ISSN 2313-058X (print) Vol 7 No 1 / November 2020 13 Challenges and Employment Opportunities of Nursing Students After Finished the Master in “Surgical Nursing” Marsida Krasniqi Rezarta Kalaja Received: 05 September 2020 / Accepted: 25 October 2020 / Published: 5 November 2020 © 2020 Marsida Krasniqi and Rezarta Kalaja Doi: 10.56345/ijrdv7n104 Abstract Nursing profiling provides a specialist with the best and in-depth knowledge of the market of labor, which would be easier to be selected as the winning candidate. Today a big problem is the migration of the professional in the medical field, which is affecting the medical service by reducing the quality of services to the patient and at the same time is reducing the necessary transfer of knowledge for the younger generations. In this study two questionnaires were constructed to better understand the importance of the professional program master in "Surgical Nursing". The first questionnaire was sent to students who have completed their studies in the professional master and the second questionnaire was sent to the institution where they were employed. 230 students who have completed professional master in Surgical Nursing in UAMD and 92 health institutions filled out the forms. From the answers received it was noted that most of the prospectuses work in public and / or private institutions inside and outside Albania putting in daily practice the knowledge obtained in our master program. Most of them admitted that the master had positively influenced the selection and stability of their place of work. The health institutions that employ our former students responded positively in terms of professional training of the surgical nurse. The institutions responded that they would recommend this study program for any nurse looking to work in the wards surgical. The students who graduate in the master program "Surgical Nursing" have increase the interest of public and private hospitals institutions as well as the clinics or polyclinics for their employment. In our study we have found an interest to employ our students from hospitals of other countries such as Germany and Italy. Keywords: Professional Master, Surgical Nursing, Challenges, Employment Opportunities Introduction Nowday Albania is in need of specialists in the field of medicine (Koduzi, Kongjonaj, & Lazarevik, 2015). As everywhere in Europe (Wass, 2006), and beyond, there will be a need for specialist in medical fields. While today is counted about a third of the Albanian population that is leaving abroad (Nurja 2011), (Koduzi, Kongjonaj, & Lazarevik, 2017) the health care system is one of the sectors significantly affected by mass migration of medical personnel. The migration of health care personnel in Albania is a phenomenon that has been going on for several years and is growing more and more, this can cause instability of the health care system. The migration of health personnel is also contributing to the reduction of quality of services to the patients and at the same time will reduce the transfer of knowledge to the younger generations (Buchan & Sochalski, 2004). Based on the data collected from the Order of Doctors of Albania, the number of doctors who have requested the certificate of “Good Standing” has reached 765 doctors, this certificate is needed in order to apply to find a job abroad. According to the data received from the Order of Nurses of Albania the number of working nurses in their profession in differenc countries has reached 1232, mainly in Italy, Greece and England.