The goals of this study were to investigate the degree of career guidance the student nurses require, it's comparative difference, and how their various personal backgrounds effecting their choices in seeking career guidance differ. The survey was conducted in the manner of random sampling of degree-seeking registered nursing students, baccalaureate nursing students, and associated degree nursing students from a technical institute in central Taiwan. The valid samples were 1462, account for 86.2% of the totle questionnaires. The method of data collection was ＂The Scale of Career Guidance Requirement for Student Nurses ＂, with the test-retest reliability of .94 and Cronbach's αas .97. The major findings of this study were as follow: 1.The total degree of career guidance requirements were extremely high, ranging between needed to extremely needed. 2.The degree of student nurses' requirements from specific subcategories of career guidance showed significant variation. As a whole, the student nurses regarded ＂job settlement and adjustment＂ as their most required variable. Descending from their list of demands were : ＂self understanding＂ , ＂understanding of occupational field of nursing＂ , and ＂understanding of occupational exploration of non-nursing field＂ . The willingness to learn about ＂career decision and career planning＂ were the lowest. 3.Student nurses have different background such as : different degree, year of enrollment, interest in nursing, intention of academic continuation after graduation, intentions of acquiring a job in the nursing field after graduation, and their previous registration in career planning course or participation in career activities, which made the requirements for career guidance different. We suggest that nursing education must emphasize on the student's requirement for career guidance, evaluate their basic characteristic and arrange career guidance with different emphasis.