Background: Intensive care units like other dangerous workplaces are characterized by a high 
amount of exposure to hazardous substances, which gravely threatens nurses' safety, stress and 
burnout. Aim: Assess the relation between occupational hazards and nurses' job burnout at 
Intensive Care Units. Subjects and method: Design: A descriptive correlation research study 
design. Setting: It conducted in intensive care units at Tanta university hospitals including, 
Tanta Main University Hospital and Emergency Hospital. Subject: All nurses (n=390) who were 
working in Tanta hospitals. Tools: Data were collected by using Occupational Hazards 
Structured Questionnaire and Nurses' Job Burnout Scale. Results: More than half (56.2%) of 
nurses perceived had moderate level of occupational hazards. Also, almost half (51.3%) of 
nurses had a low level of job burnout. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant positive 
correlation between occupational hazards and nurses' job burnout. Recommendation: Hospital 
administration create ICU hospitals policies and guidelines for safety practices. Hospital /unit 
managers should gain consciousness of the existence of burnout and thus to take corrective
action to reduce its occurrence, nurses follow up the implementation of excellent care aspects in 
daily work to prevent workplace occupational hazards. Nurses conduct workshops on resolving 
stress and design strategies to improve and solve burnout among nurses