Objective To explore the emergency training strategies for nursing team in the designated hospital for the COVID-19 epidemic. Methods The hierarchical emergency training strategy was developed according to different plans for the nursing team. The strategies included online knowledge training and site skill training. The strategies were stratified,full-covered,and diversified. Results The emergency nurse team was three-level and a total of 1,396 nurses in the team completed the relevant training contents. All nurses passed the assessment. By February 18,2020,no nurses were infected with COVID-19. Conclusion Through the hierarchical emergency training program,the professional ability of prevention and disease control ability of nurses can be effectively improved. Their emergency ability and comprehensive ability of solving outbreak of epidemic can be improved. The quality and safety of clinical nursing can be guaranteed.