Objective To explore the methods and effects of nurses documenting their stories about human caring for the patient, and to provide a reference for the continuous improvement of the quality of humanistic care practices in nursing. Methods From January to August 2024, a documentation and management system for human caring stories was implemented in general inpatient wards.Measures included establishing an information platform for documentation, requiring nurses to document their stories, sharing the stories within departments, facilitating the exchange of management experiences at the nursing department level, and selecting exemplary cases.Patient satisfaction with humanistic care was collected before (from January to August 2023) and after (from Ja-nuary to August 2024) the practice.Additionally, 11 nurses who documented the human caring stories were purposively selected for semi-structured interviews to understand their experiences with the documentation. Results A total of 2,481 valid questionnaires on patient satisfaction with humanistic care were collected before the practice, and 2,165 after.After the practice of documenting human caring story, patient satisfaction with humanistic care significantly improved (all P＜0.05).Interviews with nurses revealed four main themes:re-understanding the connotation of humanistic care, enhanced professional value, optimized caring behaviors and communication strategies, and the challenges and needs associated with documenting human caring story. Conclusion Documenting human caring story can enhance nurses′ professional identity and caring behavior, resulting in improving patient satisfaction with humanistic care.