Comparing stress level of woman nurses of different units of Iran university hospitals in autumn 2009

occupational stress consists physical and emotional impacts on workers and decreased efficacy is its consequence. Nursery as a main axis of the health care system involves an occupational stress needs to cover by a management system. Recent studies focused on this aim. We targeted to evaluated stress level among the nurses of Iran University Hospitals. 84 Female health nurses were evaluated by job stress brief questionnaire and divided to groups by some demographic criterias, comparing them together based on the questionnaire score. The results have shown an intermediate level of stress among our targets. Stress had fewer level among married group. Urgency agents had a high significant amount of stress compare the others. Occupational stress influence efficacy of health nurses. Strategies to control personnel stress is necessary. Wards could divide nurses based on stress. Marriage had a significant effect on nurses occupational stress level. More steps may modify by learning the psycho method.