AIM: This study was conducted in order to determine the opinions of senior students of the nursing department of a vocational health high school in İzmir about the nursing profession. METHODS: Research data were collected from three vocational and technical anatolian high schools in İzmir from March 20 to April 10, 2016. In total, 246 senior students took part in the research. In the collection of the data, the questionnaire form which consists of 32 questions concerning the socio-demographic features of the students and their opinions about the profession of nursing and were developed by the researchers.RESULTS: It was determined that 66.4% of the students participating in the research chose the vocational health high school intentionally. The reasons of the students for choosing nursing profession were as follows employment opportunities (45.3%), preference for the health sector (9.3 %), the score suitability (7.3%), desire to help people (7.7%), suggestions of the people in their intimacy (6.5%) and because nursing profession was open to development (6.1%). It was determined that 38.9% of the students did not want to pursue the profession of nursing, 34.8% of them were hesitant and 42.9% of them were reluctant to continue with the undergraduate education. It was determined that 49% of them liked the profession, 17% of them did not like, while 34% of them were hesitant. CONCLUSION: As a result, it was determined that the students who like nursing had more positive thoughts about the nursing, they found nursing more professional, and had future plans for education and working.