Objective To explore the teaching strategies and effects of ideological and political theory education in undergraduate Nursing Research. Methods The teaching reform was performed among 255 undergraduates of Year 3 within six classes. The teaching reform strategies were implemented in terms of finding wealth of ideological and political elements,integrating the elements into the knowledge system,developing rich resources for ideological and political theory education online,and optimizing teaching approaches and channels offline. The effects of the teaching reform were evaluated through students’ acceptance,and their learning experience. The peer evaluation of teaching performance was also conducted. Results Students showed high acceptance rates of the teaching strategies. Specifically,for the breadth,depth,logicality,and overall evaluation of ideological and political theory teaching,the proportions of students’ grading on“strongly agree” were 71.4%,67.0%,76.5% and 68.6%,respectively. The experience of students’ learning was also positive. They found that the elements of ideological and political theory teaching were various in content,style,and theme,and these elements were also logical and natural when blended with knowledge of research,and the teaching was found effective in fostering students’ virtue through education. In addition,the course was also awarded the first prize in micro course competition of ideological and political theory teaching in Jiangsu Province. Conclusion The ideological and political theory teaching of Nursing Research can both improve students’ ideological quality and research knowledge level,which is highly acceptable by students and peers.