V državah članicah je pogoj za podeljevanje diplom, spričeval in drugih dokazil iz člena 3 Direktive 77/452/EGS o strokovni usposobljenosti medicinskih sester za splošno zdravstveno nego, opravljen izpit, ki zagotavlja, da je oseba, ki je tak izpit opravila, v času usposabljanja pridobila: (a) ustrezno znanje ved, na katerih temelji splošna zdravstvena nega, vključno z zadostnim razumevanjem zgradbe, fizioloških funkcij in obnašanja zdravih in bolnih oseb ter odnosa med zdravstvenim stanjem ter fizičnim in socialnim okoljem človeka;
Member States shall make the award of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of the formal qualifications of nurses responsible for general care as specified in Article 3 of Directive 77/452/EEC subject to passing an examination which guarantees that during his training period the person concerned has acquired: (a) adequate knowledge of the sciences on which general nursing is based, including sufficient understanding of the structure, physiological functions and behaviour of healthy and sick persons, and of the relationship between the state of health and the physical and social environment of the human being;