Abstract: Objective: To examine nursing students' intention to work for community care and to analyze its influencing factors in order to provide evidence to employment guidance and to community care education. Methods: We conducted a survey of 255 nursing students from Jilin province by administering a self-designed questionnaire and then a followed-up interview to analyze their employment intentions. Results: There was statistically significant difference between the intention to work in communities among the nursing students' with different perception of community care (P<0.01).The intention to work in communities and the ideal employment intention were statistically significantly varied among the nursing students at 'being only child in family' and 'birthplace' (P<0.05). The nursing students who were not the only child in family and from rural areas appeared to be more willingly work for community-based care services. Conclusion: Majority of nursing students have little knowledge of community care so that their employment intention is not adequate while the ideal employment intention is diverse among nursing students. We suggest that medical institutions should actively promote reform in community care education and strengthen employment guidance accordingly.