Objective To understand patients’ real experience of participating in nursing bedside handover and their expectations of participating in nursing bedside handover. Methods A purposive sampling methods was used to recruit 16 patients from thyroid and breast surgery department,gastrointestinal surgery department,and general internal medicine department. The semi-structured interview regarding their experience of participating in nursing bedside handover and their expectations of participating in nursing bedside handover was conducted. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. Results Three themes emerged：positive experiences（it is conducive to obtain information about one’s own diseases,is conducive to improving the relationship with nurses,and is conducive to obtaining safe care）;negative experience（it is difficult to integrate into the“nursing bedside handover” and worry about the exposure of privacy and sensitive information）;patient’s expectation of bedside handover（hope nurses have a positive and enthusiastic professional attitude, use easy-to-understand language, and understand patients’ preferences）. Conclusion Patients have negative and positive experience of participating in bedside shift handover. It is necessary to pay attention to patients’ negative experience,and develop an individualized nursing bedside handover plan.