Due to the great importance that the nurses health and job engagement have in the health of their, colleagues and patients, this study aimed to investigate the the relationship between work-family conflict and work ethics with mediating role of job stress in nurses. The design of this study was descriptive and correlation cross-sectional design. The study population included all male and female nurses working in hospitals and clinics in the Gachsaran city during 2016-2017 . To select participants, cluster sampling method was used. A total 150 nurses were selected. To collect information from the Carlson et al work - family conflict questionnaire, work ethics questionnaire of Gregory. C. Petty (1990) and revised French et al. nursing stress scale was used. The results showed that there is a negative significant correlation between job stress with work ethic (P<0.01). Also, there was a negative significant correlation between the work-family conflict with work ethics (P<0.05). In addition, this study showed that job stress plays mediating role between work-family conflict and work ethics in nurses. In general, the interaction between family and work issues influence nurces' performance. As family and work interactions and job stress are predictors of work ethics of nurses. Education about managing and improving quality of nurses' marital and family life and training the stress management can improve nurses' work ethics.

Keywords: work- conflict, job stress, work ethic, nurses

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