Objective To investigate the effect of anesthesia depth monitoring on the recovery quality and nursing quality of patients treated with lower abdominal surgery under general anesthesia. Methods A total of 120 patients who underwent the lower abdominal surgeries from June 2015 to December 2015 were randomly divided into 2 groups: non-Narcotrend monitoring group (non NT group) and Narcotrend monitoring group (NT group). And each group contains 60 cases. All patients were set in the same induce plan, and maintained by propofol-fentanyl during the operation. The dosage of propofol, the time of tracheal extubation, the PACU staying time, the Ricker sedation-agitation scale, the incidence of PONV and POD, the nursing quality and nursing working load were recorded in the project. Results Using Narcotrend to monitor the anesthesia depth could significantly decrease the dosage of propofol (P<0.05). The tracheal extubation time and the PACU staying time of patients in NT group were much shortened than patients in non NT group (P<0.05). In NT group the Ricker scores of patients were much lower than patients in non NT group (P<0.05). And the effective anesthesia depth monitoring using Narcotrend could significantly decrease the nursing working load and improve the nursing quality (P<0.05). Conclusion Effective anesthesia depth monitoring using Narcotrend may improve the recovery quality in the PACU, which may decrease the working load of nurses and improve the nursing quality in PACU.