Objective To explore clinical nursing pathway(CNP) teaching method for nursing practice students.Methods Nursing practice students ( n =120 ) were randomly divided into two groups:experimental group and control group.CNP teaching method was applied in experimental group while traditional teaching method was used in control group.The test results of theory,operational skill,comprehensive quality,patient's satisfaction degree and nursing mistake between the two groups were compared.Results The results of theory,operational skill,comprehensive quality,patient's satisfaction degree in experimental group were obviously better than those in control group(P ＜0.05),the result of nursing mistake in experimental group was greatly decreased compared with that in control group(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion CNP teaching method is superior to traditional teaching method and it greatly improve the teaching quality.