Objective To investigate into the current situation of nursing teachers’ working pressure in Xinjiang and analyze the influence factors,in order to provide basis for countermeasure about teachers' team construction,and valuable suggestions for the sustainable development of nursing school management and talent team.Methods Measuring scale of teachers' working pressure and questionnaire were used to conduct a survey of 256 nursing teachers from 10 nursing schools in 15 regions in Xinjiang,and analyze the influence factors.Results The working pressure score of nursing teachers was ( 2.436 ± 0.576 ),which meant that they felt under heavy pressure.Teachers with different school age,marriage status,part-time job situation and workload bore different levels of working pressure due to social factors.Teachers with different marriage status bore different levels of working pressure due to school management and policies.Teachers with different gender,age,degree,marriage status and workload bore different levels of working pressure due to professional development.Teachers with different gender,school age,and workload bore different levels of working pressure.Teachers with different age,marriage status,and workload bore different levels of working pressure due to interpersonal relationship.Teachers with different gender,age,school age,professional title,marriage status,workload,income and part-time job situation bore different levels of working pressure.Teachers with different gender,professional title,marriage status,workload and curriculum bore different levels of working pressure due to different personal traits.And all the differences were statistically significant ( P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusions The working pressure of professional nursing teachers is from different sources,in which school management and social factors bring the greatest pressure. Therefore it is necessary to change the prejudice toward nursing education,define the position of nursing education and increase state investment in nursing education.In the meantime,nursing teachers should deepen the understanding of their career,and make reasonable career development planning.