Graduates from both
programs are required to sit the state registered nurses examination
in order gain their RN licence. Alternatively, the
RN title is automatically bestowed following graduation
from one of China's 42 bachelor-degree schools of nursing.
The highest level qualification, the university bachelor degree
in nursing, is often viewed as elite because it takes 5
years of full-time study and only graduates about 300 nurses
per year (Chan & Wong, 1999)