The essentials of master's education for advanced practice nursing in USA and its enlightenment on the graduate education of nursing in China

This paper analyses the background, curriculum model, outline of essential curriculum elements, the graduate core curriculum content of the essentials of master's education for advanced practice nursing in USA , and put forth some ideas on promoting the graduate education of nursing in China; ① It' s important to distinguish the education standard of different levels, try to combine the master's education with advanced practice nursing training; ② Hie master' s program should been adjusted to specialty, extensiveness and profundity; ③ More health care-related content are needed in master's curriculum; ④ It' s time to establish a national evaluation institution for higher-degree nursing education program. Key words: Nursing; Graduate education; Education standard; Master' s degree; USA; Enlightenment