The problem of research: the competence of healthy lifestyle promotion and general abilities. The aim of research: to evaluate nurses' readiness for the health promotion of patients. Tasks of research: 1. To carry out a review of human health conception and alternation of nurses' activity . 2. To find out the nurses' attitude towards importance of healthy lifestyle promotion and the level of knowledge while analyzing distinct aspects of healthy lifestyle. 3. To find out nurses' competence to promote patients' healthy lifestyle. 4. To evaluate nurses' lifestyle. 5. To foresee measures for successful promotion of healthy lifestyle. Methods of research: they are theoretical, empirical, mathematical statistical . The analysis of literature allows to state that in the Lithuanian Health Program the main attention is given to the coordination and development of health promotion activity in our community, and one of the principal activity spheres becomes the promotion of healthy lifestyle. The competence of an educator (a nurse is in this case) often determines the quality of this work (his/her knowledge, abilities, experience and value attitudes). The analysis of research data showed that 96  of respondents consider the promotion of healthy lifestyle to be necessary. They connect the importance of promoting the healthy lifestyle not only with disease prevention, i.e. help for healthy people, but also with assurance of life quality... [to full text]