Abstract: Objective To observe the efficacy of experiential teaching in terminal care education among new nurses. Methods Eighty new nurses were enrolled from our hospital in 2015,which were divided into two groups:conventional teaching group and experiment teaching group.In the conventional group,traditional teaching was used.Each new nurse was taught by a qualified clinical nurse about the typical clinical manifestation and common nursing problems of terminal patients.While in the experiment group,new nurses were divided into little groups with leaders.The leader in each group arranged their members to collect cases,to consult relevant materials and to perform the nursing care.Each member was instructed by a qualified supervisor to perform comprehensive nursing care to patients,just like a responsible nurse.Regular communication and discussions were organized by the supervisors to analyze and resolve problems in the experience process.After the teaching process,the relationship between nurses and patients,communication ability,cooperation ability,critical thinking,the satisfaction degree of nurses,and the satisfaction degree of patients between two groups were compared. Results There were 85%,82.5% and 77.5% of the nurses in the experiment group who thought that experiment teaching could enhance their communication ability,cooperation ability,and critical thinking respectively.The satisfaction degree of both nurses and patients in the experiment group was apparently higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Experiential teaching could improve the efficacy of terminal care education among new nurses,and increase the satisfaction degree of patients.It is worth extensive application in the clinical nursing teaching.