Objective　To evaluate the quality and application of the Pocket Book of Bilingual Nursing Vocabulary of Fundamental Nursing Skills. Methods　Anonymous questionnaire surveys were con-ducted among 180 nursing students (English orientation) of Nursing Department of Xiamen Medical College to investigate the application effectiveness of the Pocket Book of Bilingual Nursing Vocabulary of Funda-mental Nursing Skills. The contents of questionnaire survey included: the students' views on vocabulary difficulty level

content

and layout of the textbook. A total of 180 questionnaires were distributed and 172 valid questionnaires were retrieved. Percentages were used to describe students' evaluation on the effective-ness of the textbooks. Results　89.4% of students' good evaluation of the teaching material was mainly manifested in the following aspects: large and highly targeted vocabulary by 84.9% (146/172)

comprehen-sive and practical vocabulary by 89.0% (153/172)

closely linked to nursing by 81.4% (140/172)

focusing on English proficiency by 81.4% (140/172)

learning aided with phonetic symbols by 93.0% (160/172) and easy memorizing with illustrated pictures by 94.8% (163/172)

small and potable by 95.3% (164/172). Conclusion　This teaching material is comprehensive

practical

small and portable and is an innovation of content and format with illustrated pictures

has been proved to be in bilingual nursing teaching. It also provides a positive valuable reference to teachers on the other bilingual teaching or compiling other supple-mentary bilingual textbooks.