Objective To analyze the insufficiencies in nursing talents training, propose the reform ideas and measures in training nursing talents with excellent skills, and explore new mode to foster the nursing talents with excellent skills according to the "Physician Education and Training Program of Excellence" initiated by Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health.

Methods Two classes in 2017 and 2 classes in 2018 from the higher vocational students in Huangshan Vocational and Technical College were selected using convenience sampling method, and divided into the "excellent nurse class" and "control class", respectively.The excellent nurse class was trained using the "Excellent Nursing Skills Talents Training Program", and the control class was trained using general nursing cultivating mode.The comprehensive score of core professional courses, professional commitment and evaluation of career decision-making self-efficiency were compared between two groups.

Results The difference of the performance of "paediatric nursing" between the excellent nursing class and control class in 2017 was not statistically significant(P>0.05), the performances of other core courses in two excellent nursing classes were higher than those in control class(P < 0.05 to P < 0.01).Before the cultivation of "nursing excellence plan", the differences of the scores of nursing students' professional commitment level and career decision-making ability between two excellent nursing classes and control classes in 2017 and 2018 were not statistically significant(P>0.05).After cultivation, the scores of professional commitment level and career decision-making ability in two excellent nursing classes were higher than those in control classes in 2017 and 2018(P < 0.05 to P < 0.01).

Conclusions The reform and innovation of cultivating mode are good guaranty in training the nursing talents with excellent skills.