Objective To understand current situation of nurses′ ethical sensitivity and its influencing factors, and to provide reference for strategies to improve the level of nurses′ ethical sensitivity. Methods A total of 773 nurses from 5 hospitals were selected by convenience sampling method. The Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire-revised Chinese version, Caring Assessment Tool-administration, Global Job Embeddedness Scale, were used to investigate the nurses. Results The median score of ethical sensitivity of nurses was 39.00. Ethical sensitivity was positively correlated with managerial care and job embeddedness （all P＜0.01）.Length of service, hospital types, managerial care and job embeddedness were the main influencing factors of nurses′ ethical sensitivity （P＜0.05,P＜0.01）. Conclusion Ethical sensitivity of nurses is above average level. Hospital managers should take effective intervention measures to improve nurses′ ethical sensitivity.