https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/IJME/issue/feed 2025-06-01T08:04:11+00:00 Mohadeseh Davvari m.davvari@knowledgee.com Open Journal Systems <p><em>Iranian Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine</em>&nbsp;has been published since 2008. This journal is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal devoted to the ethical issues of medicine, public health, healthcare and history of medicine. The papers of this peer reviewed journal are published continuously online in Persian with English abstracts.</p> <p><strong data-stringify-type="bold">All the manuscripts should be submitted through the Journal Primary Website at:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://ijme.tums.ac.ir/form_send_article.php?&amp;slct_pg_id=22&amp;sid=1&amp;slc_lang=en"><strong data-stringify-type="bold">https://ijme.tums.ac.ir/form_send_article.php?&amp;slct_pg_id=22&amp;sid=1&amp;slc_lang=en</strong></a></p> https://publish.kne-publishing.com/index.php/IJME/article/view/18844 2025-06-01T08:04:11+00:00 Reza Abdollahi none@none.com Haleh Ghavami none@none.com

<p>Due to the inherently demanding nature of their profession, nurses face significant job-related stress that can adversely affect their lives and the quality of nursing care. Moral courage may serve as a key factor influencing occupational stress among nurses. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine the relationship between moral courage and occupational stress among nurses. This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in 2024 with 120 nurses from emergency departments of educational and therapeutic hospitals in Urmia, Iran, who were selected via two-stage sampling. Data were collected through a demographic information form, Sekerka’s Moral Courage Scale, and Gray-Toft and Anderson’s Nursing Stress Scale. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple linear regression, independent t-test, and one-way ANOVA in SPSS software version 23. The results showed the mean scores for professional moral courage and occupational stress were 85.93 ± 15.68 and 10.77 ± 0.23, respectively. Moreover, there was a significant negative relationship between moral courage and occupational stress in nurses (r = -0.33 and P&lt; 0.05).&nbsp; Specific dimensions of moral courage, such as moral factor, threat tolerance, and moral purpose, had a significant negative effect on occupational stress (P&lt; 0.05). These findings suggested that moral courage plays a significant role in mitigating occupational stress among nurses, which can influence their performance and, consequently, the quality of nursing care. Therefore, by fostering an environment that promotes moral courage, nursing managers can play a vital role in decreasing and mitigating the occupational stress experienced by nurses as well as enhancing the quality of care.</p>

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