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Background: Beside qualified and capable nursing personnel, nursing care development requires motivated nurses to work in an appropriate environment. This study aimed  at determining the relationship between organizational climate and nurses' job motivation in selected Army hospitals of Tehran city in 2015.

Materials and Methods: In this study was a descriptive -analytical and cross sectional one. The sample size consisted of 340 employed nurses in hospitals with at least one year work experience which were stratified randomly selected based on work experience among four army hospitals in Tehran. Data were collected using two questionnaires including job motivation and organizational climate. In order to data .analysis, descriptive and analytical tests such as Pearson correlation coefficient were utilized.

Results: One hundred and eighty nine of participants (55.4%) were female. Mean age of nurses’ average was 32.22 ±9.8 years. More than half of nurses had evaluated group spirit as high level and hindrance, engagement, intimacy, consideration, spacing, thrust and production emphasis as moderate level. There was a direct significant relationship between all components of job motivation and engagement, intimacy, consideration, spacing, thrust and production emphasis (P<0.05). Furthermore, mental and official components of job motivation had an inverse significant relationship with hindrance component respectively (P=0.014, P=0.019).

Conclusion: Regarding the relationship between all components of the organizational climate with job motivation, attempt to improve these components will have significant impact on motivation improvement, reducing absenteeism and job dissatisfaction.

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Background: One of the main important principles of human health is spirituality which its promotion could lead to an effective control of work related stress; can be considered in nurses’ job performance and assurance of their physical and mental health as a crucial factor. This study aimed to explore the effect of spiritual health on job stress among nurses employed in a training hospital affiliated to Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2017.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive-cross sectional one conducted on 220 nurses at Velayat hospital in Qazvin city. Data gathering was performed using two standard questionnaires including spiritual health and nurses' job stress. Data analysis was carried out with SPSS₂₂ using descriptive statistical methods, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and multivariate regression analysis at a significance level of P < 0.05.
Results: The mean score of spiritual health and job stress assessed at a moderate level 70.5±5.2 and77.5±2.3, respectively. Spiritual health in both religious and intrinsic dimensions, gender, job history and type of employment were statistically related to job stress (p<0.05). Furthermore, multiple regression analysis revealed these variables predict 25% of job stress variation.
Conclusion: Due to the important role of spiritual health on job stress among nurses, strengthen this dimension of health through acknowledging them about its potential effects on physical and mental health and ultimately on successful job performance recommended.