Objective To observe the effect of nursing intervention on caesarean section rate in grass-roots hospitals. Methods 240 parturient women who were to infanticipate were divided into the experimental group and the control group with 120 patients in each group according to hospitalization sequence. Parturient women in the experimental group received nursing intervention with new nursing model during the delivery, while women in the control group just finished parturition using routine procedures. The caesarean section rate of the two groups were compared with χ2 test. Results The caesarean section rate of parturient women in the experimental group was significantly lower than that in the control group. Conclusions Nursing inter-vention has certain effect on decreasing the caesarean section rate in grassroots hospitals.