The aim of this study was to describe nurse’s wievs, emotions and attitudes to patients with blood-borne pathogenes. The study had a qualitative descriptive design. Six nurses aged 24-49 years working at an infectionward in Sweden were selected by conveniencesampling and was interviewed conducted by an interviewguide using semistructured questions. Collected data was transcribed and analysed using manifest content analysis. The content analysis showed four categories and eleven subcategories. The study showed that most of the nurses interviewed at the infectionward had great experience of patients with blood-borne pathogenes and therefore was well familiar with the subject. None of the nurses experienced any fear in the meeting with patients with blood-borne pathogenes but they called attention to the importance to follow hygieneaspects and safetyregulations. The nurses expressed empathy towards the patients with blood-borne pathogenes and pointed out the importance of treating all patients the same. Most of the nurses denied prejudices but some mentioned the presence of prejudices among themselves and others.The study showed that knowledge is the key to a comfortable meeting with patients with blood-borne pathogenes and that there is need for more education.