Evaluation of occupational stress and job performance in Iranian nurses: the mediating effect of moral and emotional intelligence.

Occupational stress slightly affects nurses' job performance, and emotional and moral intelligence mediates the impact of occupational stress and improves nurses' job performance. Low occupational stress improves nurses' job performance, but too much occupational stress could harm nurses' job performance. Healthcare administrators should work to help reduce nurses' occupational stress and improve their job performance by adopting practical strategies to help nurses manage and control their stress. Holding stress reduction classes, eliminating the nursing shortage, reducing working hours, reducing workload, and providing financial and spiritual support to nurses would be recommended. It is also recommended to provide theoretical and practical emotional and moral intelligence-oriented courses for nursing students and hold training workshops for nurses to improve their emotional and moral intelligence.