Objective To study the critical thinking disposition status of senior vocational nursing students in Henan province. Methods CDTI-CV was used for investigation in 506 nursing students and the results underwent analysis. Results The total score of CDTI-CV was low among these nuring students,the score of desire for knowledge,self-confidence and analyzing ability was the lowest.The scofe of the rest 6 dimensions were lower than the other provinces except for the cognition degree.Conclusions we should aim at weak aspects to study critical thinking educational reform,especially construct accelerando clinical didactical model to promote the development of critical thinking ability of nursing students.