Objective To understand the research landscape and identify the research hotspots and trends of job crafting among nurses, and to provide some guidance for future research.Methods Domestic and foreign electronic databases were searched for Chinese studies on nurses′ job crafting. Bibliometric methods were utilized to analyze the literature data. Results A total of 535 articles were obtained, including 324 Chinese articles and 211 English articles. They were published in 290 journals, and the number of articles published increased year by year. A total of 1,386 Chinese keywords were obtained, with the top three keywords being job crafting (18.11%), work engagement (3.03%), and job performance (1.30%); and 1,091 English keywords, with the top three being job crafting (11.18%), work engagement (5.68%), and performance (4.40%). Clustering analysis of Chinese high-frequency keywords presented 4 categories: work behavior and outcome indicators, employee personality and psychological construction, organizational support and value inspiration, and leadership mode and style. Conclusion Research on nurses′ job crafting is limited. Nursing managers should pay attention to cultivating nurses′ job crafting, and create a supportive environment.