Abstract: Objective To explore the practice and effect of ideological and political teaching in the course of nursing etiquette. Methods A total of 116 freshmen of the nursing major in our college were randomly selected as the research objects. The ideological and political education was carried out in the teaching of nursing etiquette course. The “two-main-lines and four-dimensions” teaching idea of ideological and political course, the “three-links and six-steps” implementation plan, and the online and offline mixed teaching and the integration of theory and practice were adopted in the teaching. The ideological and political elements and cases were appropriately integrated into the teaching according to the content of the teaching knowledge points, and the handshake etiquette teaching was taken as an example. Finally, the comprehensive evaluation of the students’ grades was carried out through the process evaluation, the summative evaluation, and the educational evaluation. After one semester, a self-made questionnaire was used to investigate the teaching effect of ideological and political education. Results After one semester of teaching practice, 114 of the 116 students had a comprehensive score of 80 or above, accounting for 98.28%; the overall evaluation of the teaching effect of ideological and political education was excellent in 98 students, accounting for 84.48%. Conclusion The organic integration of professional course teaching and ideological and political education has improved the ideological and political teaching ability of professional course teachers, established a new path for digital ideological and political education, formed an evaluation index system for the teaching quality of ideological and political education, and at the same time, improved students’ learning confidence and sense of professional responsibility in the nursing profession, laying a foundation for the formation of good nursing professional ethics.

Key words: curriculum ideological and political education, nursing etiquette, fostering virtue through education, handshake ceremony