Admission criterion is
fairly strict and includes written examinations, clinical experience
and the demonstration of various nursing skills.
The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) course takes 3
years full-time and undoubtedly produces high quality
graduate nurses for management, research or education positions (Li, 2001). China's first Doctoral program in nursing
was originally planned to start in 2000, but it failed to
gain approval from the central government (Xu et al, 2002).