Background: Whatever notion or idea best describes nursing and whatever set of activities it isrndefined, it is clear that there are different perceptions of nursing. Perception by itself is merelyrndefied as an idea, belief, or an image you have as a result of how you see or understandrnsomething. The Perception of nursing may vary depending on age, educational level, social andrnprofessional experience. Objective: To assess Nursesâ€™ Perception among Professional Nursesrnin public hospitals under Addis Ababa Health bureau, Ethiopia. Methods: Institution basedrncross sectional quantitative descriptive study with a cross sectional study design was used tornassess the perception of nursing among professional nurses. The sample size was determined byrnusing a formula for estimating a single population proportion. Sample size was 264. Datarncollection was carried out using structured questionnaire. The collected data were analyzedrnusing EP Info version 3.5.1 and transformed to SPSS version 15.00 in the computer for furtherrnanalysis. The analyses was verified using descriptive interpretation for demographic variablesrnusing frequencies and means, and comparative interpretation was employed for internalrnanalyses using cross tabulation. The significance was checked using p value 0.05 and 95%rnconfidence interval. Result: the response rate was 256 (96%). Majority (67.6%) were femalernnurses. More than half (56%) of nurses had good perception towards nursing. A significantrnassociation was seen between educational level and perception of nursing (P < 0.05). Inrnaddition education and perception of important aspects of nursing had shown association (P