Since experimentation with this new program has been
supported by the Ministry of Health and initiated with the
support of the China Medical Board of New York from 1996,
this curriculum model would shortly seem to get nationwide
attention and set a model for future Baccalaureate
Nursing Education in China. Though promising, however,
this new program has been designed and taught uniquely
by nurse-faculty members influenced by the western world,
so the situation in general dictates that adoption of this model
for nursing education in China may take more time than
would have been expected