With the vigorous development of artificial intelligence technology, the application fields of large language models conti-nue to expand.In the field of nursing, large language models has been effective in facilitating changes in nursing education, assisting nursing decision-making, helping patients to self-manage, and aiding disease diagnosis.However, the application of large language models in the field of nursing also faces ethical risks such as threats to patient safety, unclear definition of responsibilities, lack of emotion in generated content, and absence of informed consent practice procedures.Studying the current innovative applications, ethical risks and governance paths of large language models applied in nursing is of great significance in guiding large language models to play a positive role in nursing, which will help promote the high-quality development of nursing in the digital era.