Abstract: Objective: To investigate the impact of career planning and management on nurses' career development in changsha. Methods: From August to October in 2016, nurses from 9 hospitals whose levels were beyond second A in Changsha were surveyed through a questionnaire about their career planning, career management and career development. And results regarding the impact of career planning and management over current career development were analysed. Results: The score of career planning of those nurses was 39.98±8.38, the score of career management was 49.62±8.86 on and the score of career development scale was 42.80±7.12 Pearson correlation analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between all dimensions and the total score of career planning except the two dimensions of relocation and attention (P<0.05). And status of nurses' career development was positively correlated with all dimensions and the total score of nurses' career management (P<0.05). Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that training and establishing career goals and strategies and self-presentation had a significant effect on nurses' career development (P<0.05). Conclusion: Good career planning and management can effectively promote career development of nurses.