Objective To explore the nursing experience of predictive nursing on preventing postpartum urinary retention. Methods 142 pregnant women delivered in our hospital were taken as the research objects, and they were randomly divided into experimental group (n=71) and control group (n=71). Both groups were given routine nursing, besides, the experimental group was given additional predictive nursing. The first micturition time, incidence rates of postpartum urinary retention and nursing satisfaction in the two groups were compared. Results The first micturition time in the experimental group was significantly better than that in the control group (P<0.05), the incidence rate of postpartum urinary retention in the experimental group was 7.04% which was significantly lower than that in the control group 22.54% (P<0.05), the nursing satisfaction score in the experimental group was(96.25±3.5) which was significantly higher than that in the control group(90.27±6.7)(P<0.05). Conclusion Predictive nursing which is worthy of clinical promotion, can effectively shorten the first micturition time, reduce the incidence of postpartum urinary retention and improve the satisfaction of nursing