Purpose: The views, perceptions, and feelings of nurses themselves would be important to quality of nursing and professionalism, and turnover intentions. The purpose of this study was to identify nurses‘self-image to develop a customized program. Methods: The Q-methodology which is to create a typology was used. The 40 selected Q-statements from each of 35 participants were classified into a shape of normal distribution using a nine point scale. The collected data were analyzed using a PC-QUANL program. Results: Three types of nurses" self-image were identified: ‘proactive self-image", "critical self-image", and "adaptive self-image". Two consensus items in three types were extracted: "need to develop healing therapies to overcome the constant tension and exhaustion from work", and "just think as a colleague than the senior-junior relationship. Conclusion: The results is the typology and this leads to further research.