Background: The role of the nurses is one of the challenges facing nursing and medical students entering the clinical phase of their education. Objective: This study designed to assess and compare between the views of nursing and medical students about the nursing' roles. Methods: This study used descriptive and comparative design. The study carried out at Nursing and Medicine Faculties in Tanta University. The subjects constituted of 100 nursing students and 100 medical students, both of them were undergraduates belonging Tanta University. Data were collected randomly from the last year program of both nursing and medical students. One tool was used to collect necessary data to measure nursing and medical student's views about nurses' role. Results: The result indicated that, the majority of nursing and medical students have negative view about nurses' roles. Conclusion and Recommendations: The study recommended that, there is need to identify the nursing faculty program and joint objectives that can be measured and evaluated to minimize the gap between the views of nurses and medical staff.