Abstract: In recent years, China has launched a series of policies to support the organic integration of professional education and innovation and entrepreneurship education, but integrating innovation and entrepreneurship education into nursing education still faces multidimensional challenges. Therefore, based on the three basic elements of symbiotic unit, symbiotic relationship, and symbiotic environment in symbiosis theory, this article explores the path of integration and symbiosis between innovation and entrepreneurship education and nursing education from three aspects: creating a symbiotic unit, establishing the symbiotic relationship, and creating a symbiotic environment for innovation and entrepreneurship education and nursing education.

Key words: Innovation and entrepreneurship education, Nursing education, Symbiosis theory, Symbiotic unit, Symbiotic relationships, Symbiotic environment