Abstract Abstract - Nurse can participate actively in disaster management in Indonesia because much in numbers and can help victims of disasters. The purpose of the study was to know the reason and contribution of the role of the nurse's profession in facing disaster management. The method of the study was a literature review, that supported by books, journals national and international, and other online media. Results and Discussion showed that: 1) scientific reason become a team of disaster management was showing the existence of strong nursing leadership, nurses could apply nursing care exactly and nurse have the commitment to maintain the high quality of nursing care; 2) contribution of nurses’ role could apply after joint to basic disaster management training like at pre-events stage participate in preparedness and mitigation training; at the event, the stage could apply emergency care, become evacuation team, and health care system team, at post-event stage providing healthcare and emergency care; evacuation team, and consultant and education. Conclusion: 1) the reasons of nurse’s profession were reflecting of strong nursing leadership, applied nursing care exactly, and maintain the high quality of nursing care; 2) Contribution of nurse’s role could apply at the pre-event stage, an event stage, and post-event stage in order to disaster management in Indonesia.