Tehran University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Occupational Hygiene 2008-5109 9 2 2017 06 17 52 59 EN SEYED EHSAN SAMAEI Mobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran YAHYA KHOSRAVI Research Center for Health, Safety and Environment, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran OMIDREZA HERAVIZADEH Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran HEMMAT GHOLINIA AHANGAR Clinical Research Development Unit of Rouhani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran FATEMEH POURSHARIATI Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran MOHAMMAD AMROLLAHI Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran 2017 05 07 2017 06 17 The Occupational burnout is considered as one of the most important problems that have numerous adverse effects on nurses' job. Various personal, psychological and social factors are effective in occupational burnout. Therefore, the goal of this study was to find out the relationship between emotional intelligence and job stress with occupational burnout of nurses working in public hospitals of Kerman. This descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study, was conducted on 300 nurses working in Kerman hospitals who selected randomly by stratified method. Organizational and demographic questionnaire and occupational burnout, emotional intelligence and job stress questionnaires have used. Structural and confirmatory factor analysis models were used to measure the model of the study. Emotional intelligence and job stress affect occupational burnout. In addition, there were meaningful and negative relationships between emotional intelligence and job stress (P<0.001) and increasing emotional intelligence results in decreasing job stress. Based on the findings and the significance of occupational burnout and its adverse effects on nurses, one of the plans for decreasing the syndrome of occupational burnout in nurses could be concentration on improvement of psycho-personal factors of job environments including emotional intelligence and job stress. https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/view/273 https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/download/273/350