Nursing ethics education must first have a clear purpose, that is, the purpose and direction of education must be clear, otherwise it will be lost. The purpose of socialist nursing moral education in China is to cultivate the noble morality of nursing staff serving the people's physical and mental health wholeheartedly. This is a basic principle, and nursing ethics education should not only adhere to this principle all the time, but also use this principle to guide the development of various nursing ethics education activities. The forms of nursing moral education can be varied, but whether it is positive typical demonstration, negative case analysis or other entertaining activities, it should be carried out around the noble morality that is conducive to cultivating nurses to serve the people's physical and mental health wholeheartedly.

The principle of combining theory with practice in nursing ethics education includes two aspects: on the one hand, it means that nursing ethics education should combine theory with practice, that is, attach importance to the education of basic knowledge and theory of nursing ethics, clarify the basic principles and norms of nursing ethics, let the educated distinguish right from wrong, establish correct ethical concepts, attach importance to the work practice in practice and nursing staff's ethical practice, and use the basic knowledge and theory of nursing ethics to answer nursing practice scientifically. On the other hand, it also means that in nursing ethics education, we should be good at guiding and training the educated to be consistent in knowing and doing.

In the education of nursing ethics, we should not only convince people with reason, but also humanize people with emotion. In the education of nursing ethics, on the one hand, we should convince people by reasoning, be good at using the art of reasoning, explain the ideological theory of nursing ethics in clear language, and educate and convince the educated; On the other hand, we should be emotional. Emotion is the psychological basis of reasoning education. Without this foundation, no matter how correct the truth is, it is hard to impress people. Educators should respect, understand, trust and care for the educated with heartfelt love and broad mind. Only when there is a harmonious feeling and atmosphere between educators and educatees can nursing ethics education achieve better results.