To get a general information about the occupational hazards status of nursing students between China and Sweden, to provide effective basis for reducing occupational exposure rate.

Questionnaire survey. Design and develop an occupational hazards questionnaire and translate the questionnaire into Swedish.

The correct rate of occupational hazard in Chinese nursing students including mechanical, chemical, biological and physical hazards was 94.4% (1 024/1 085) and 89.8% (557/620), respectively. 81.6% (1 898/2 325), 90.7% (703/775), both higher than Swedish nursing students 58.4% (756/1295), 48.8% (361/740), 60.2% (1 671/2 775) 86.7% (802/925), the difference was statistically significant (χ² =259.196-1 259.183, P<0.05). Only "operating posture is not standard will lead to the occurrence of low back pain" "Women need to wear gloves when intravenously injecting patients" "Women need to wear gloves when changing medicines for patients" "Women need to wear gloves when drawing blood for patients" 4 questions correct answer rate Sweden Nursing students were higher than Chinese nursing students (χ²=11.738-16.990, P<0.01), and the remaining questions of Chinese nursing students were higher than Swedish nursing students (χ²=11.738-45.464, P<0.01).

Nursing students in China and Sweden generally have the awareness of occupational hazard cognition, and Chinese nursing students have a better grasp of the knowledge of occupational hazard cognition, but there are still weak links, which need to be improved from the aspect of education, managers should also consider reducing the occupational exposure of nursing students and even nurses from the management level, improve the employment quality of nursing students and nurses.

China; Sweden; Nursing students; Occupational hazard