Yes The thesis defense of self-taught nursing specialty is carried out after the learning stage. Self-taught nursing graduation thesis must complete all the theoretical courses and practical courses in the self-taught nursing examination plan and obtain qualified results before being eligible to apply for self-taught nursing graduation thesis. Therefore, the self-taught nursing thesis can't be tested until the first aid exam is finished. Self-study exam refers to higher education self-study exam. Higher education self-study examination, referred to as self-study examination and self-study examination, is divided into social candidates and application candidates. 198 1 year, China began to try out the higher education self-study examination.