Objective: To improve the professional skills and theoretical level of the nurses, a new training method was adopted in strabismus ward. Methods: The head nurse arranged a nurse to participate in medical team the director of the department for 3–4 months. The medical works that the nurse had to follow included coperative outpatient medical work with the doctors, clinical examination before strabismus surgery, making individual surgical plans, nursing rounds of wards after surgery, and regular theoretical training of the department. Results: After implementing the training method of strabismus specialist nurses, the trained nurses mastered the common examination methods for strabismus patients, and could analyse the relevant examination reports. The ability of the nurses’ professional work and consultative capacity were improved. Furthermore, the satisfaction of doctors and patients on nursing work was improved. Conclusion: The new training method of specialist nurses in strabismus ward exerts positive effect on clinical nursing work, which is worthy of application in clinical practice.