Abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify the status and relationship of career preparation behaviors and stress coping strategies for nursing students. This study is a descriptive study that uses a convenient sampling. In regard to the data collection, this study targeted a total of 216 third and forth year nursing students by utilizing a self-report questionnaire. The data was analyzed by using SPSS/WIN 20.0 program. Moreover, descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, t-test, ANOVA and Scheffei test were utilized. As a result, this study found that those students of higher grades tended to do career preparation behaviors more often. Those students with a good economic situation whose mother had a high educational level, tended to use stress coping strategies more often. Specifically, this study found more cases in which “social support seeking stress coping strategies” and “problem-solving centric stress coping strategies” were used. Moreover, this study also found that those who were satisfied with their major tended to use “avoidance-centric stress coping strategies” less frequently. There was a correlation between career preparation behavior level and stress coping strategies. The results of this study would make it possible to utilize the stress coping strategies of each individual student as preliminary data for identifying their career preparation behaviors.