Abstract: ob＜x＞jective To understand and analyze the status quo and research hotspot field relevant to rapid rehabilitation nursing in China. Method To search for all related documents in the databa＜x＞se of CNKI with key words of “rapid rehabilitation nursing” and “accelerated rehabilitation nursing” without limitation on dates, and to analyze information such as time, author, institution, research hotspot and research trend by employing the information visualization tool of Cite Space so as to draw visualized knowledge domains map. Results A total of 870 related articles have been found since the establishment of CNKI, which shows that the development of rapid rehabilitation nursing in China has a relatively later start, yet a rising trend has been witnessed year by year. The dominant research content covers the application of rapid rehabilitation nursing in various areas as well as evaluation and analysis on its efficacy. And the main researches focus on the application of rapid rehabilitation nursing in fields like perioperative period, laparoscope, gastrointestinal surgery, orthopedics department and gynecology department and the evaluation of the application effect indicators, including complication, pain, gastrointestinal functions, nursing satisfaction, length of stay and quality of life. Conclusion The employment of the visualized analysis function of Cite Space contributes to the understanding of the current situation of rapid rehabilitation nursing, and the centralized area and development trend of research focus, thus providing reference fr＜x＞ame for expanding the application region of rapid rehabilitation nursing and optimizing the efficacy evaluation.