The purpose of this study is to understand the influence of the different teaching methods of life and death on the last planning of the life of the nursing school students. According to the different teaching methods, the subjects were grouped to three groups. Every group adopted the design of one group pretest-posttest. The instrument administered was a scale developed by the researchers. The results indicate that the last planning of the life of the nursing school students was influenced by the instruction of the life and death, and the influence of the students-oriented teaching method was superior than that of teacher-oriented. The results of this study can be applied for the teaching material and method about life and death、death education、life education and life and death education.