Objective To explore the application effect of model education on professional quality cultivation for baccalaureate nursing students. Methods Totally 28 baccalaureate nursing students from different grades received model education, which included interviewing role models, recording role models interview, holding role model learning and sharing meetings, performing sitcoms and getting personalized guidance. Then the students wrote their experience regarding the impact of model education on professional quality, which was analyzed using content analysis method to refine themes. Results Six themes were extracted: deepening the cognition of nursing profession, enhancing the sense of professional identity and value, re-recognizing nurse and client relationship, deeply perceiving nursingprofessional spiritual quality, firming the confidence and determination of career choice, and promoting positive action. Conclusion Model education is benefit for the cultivation of nursing students′ professional quality, colleges and nur-sing educators should actively use the resource of role model, take the advantages of model education, and strengthen the application of model education in professional quality cultivation through various forms of platforms and channels.