Background:As occupational insight has a high impact on the evolution of nursing student’s future and standard of nursing, searching for the elements that affect this insight is crucial. Objectives:To determine the influencing factors for continuing nursing profession. And to determine and explore the influencing factors for discontinuing nursing profession. Design:Survey design was applied for influencing factors for continuing nursing profession.The explanatory sequential design was used for influencing factors for discontinuing nursing profession. Method:Total 180 samples were selected as a sample by using enumerative sampling technique for quantitative phase and purposive sampling technique for the qualitative phase. Result:The findings indicated that the factors which are more influencing students to continue the nursing profession are caring aspects of nursing (59.5%), existing of higher education program in both govt. and private sector (48.8%), serving community people(48.2%), utilization of nursing skills outside of work(41.7%), contribution to community health(42.9%), and expertise can be used for higher education(51.8%). Two new factors are developed for continuing nursing profession after factor analysis i.e. prospects of professional domain and emphasis on the sense of achievement and wellbeing.1