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Policy change reveals implications for nursing's role in interdisciplinary workforce development.
In 2025, the Chinese Academy of Engineering’s inclusion of “Nursing” as an independent academician-track discipline marks a historic milestone. While affirming nursing’s disciplinary value and strategic importance to the “Healthy China” initiative, this reform presents a “preparedness crisis.” To succeed, nursing must pivot from soft service models to hard technological innovation, leveraging medical-industrial integration and interdisciplinary talent to meet rigorous engineering criteria.
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