Objective To understand the clinical utilization status of low-value nursing care, in order to provide a reference for relevant departments to take targeted measures to reduce low-value care services and minimize the waste of resources.Methods Using convenience sampling, a questionnaire survey of 384 clinical nurses in 16 wards of internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, emergency medicine, and intensive care unitwas conducted.The frequency of use of 37 low-value nursing care practices were investigated and the distributional characteristics of their frequency of use were analyzed.Results Twelve （32.4%）low-value nursing care practices had a medium of use ≥30%, and eleven （29.7%） low-value nursing care practices had a medium of use ≥50%.At the same time, the frequency of use of each item showed different distribution characteristics, of which twenty-five（67.6%） were characterized as "basically deactivated", six （16.2%） as "routinely used", two （5.4%） as "polarized", and four （10.8%） as "no consensus yet".The results of the comparison of the frequency of use of low-value care practices in different categories showed that the 50th percentile frequency of use of items related to gestational diabetes care, restraint care, and neonatal care were 54.5%, 51.1%, and 40.5%, respectively, which were the top 3; whereas the frequency of use of items related to intravenous catheterisation care and urinary catheterisation care was the lowest, at less than 15.0%.Conclusion This study showed that 67.6% of the low-value nursing care services were largely discontinued in clinical practices, while 32.4% were still widely or partially widely used. Targeted measures need to be taken for low-value care items with a high frequency of clinical use, based on the distribution characteristics of their frequency of use, in order to reduce the waste of resources and promote the high-quality deve-lopment of care services.