Background: Emotional intelligence is an essential factor that responsible for shaping interaction
between nurses and job stress Aim: this study aimed to assess relationship between emotional intelligence
and job stress among nurses in Abbassia mental hospital. Design: A descriptive correlational design was
utilized in this study. Setting: The study was carried out at inpatients departments of El-abbassia Mental
Hospital located in Cairo Subjects: The study was conducted on 220 of nurses working in El-Abbassia
mental hospital Tools of data collection Socio-demographic Sheet, Emotional intelligence scale and
psychiatric Nurses Job Stress Scale. Results: The highest percentage of the studied sample were able to
appraisal and regulation of own emotion, and three quarter of them had high level of emotional
intelligence with significant difference between level of emotional intelligence and their gender, income,
professional experience and qualification Regarding to job stress the highest percentage of nurses had
ability to provide psychiatric nursing care toward psychiatric patient and the most of them suffering from
moderate level of job stress with significant difference between level of job stress and their sex,
experience and qualification Conclusion: The result of the current study concluded that there was a
negative relationship between emotional intelligence and job stress Recommendations: Establish a
psycho-educational program for psychiatric nurses to learn them how to cope positively with their job
stressors and conduct intervention program concerning emotional intelligence among newly graduated
nurses in order to managing their stress and improving job performance.