en Nursing Orginal research <strong><em>Background:</em></strong> Educational atmosphere is a manifestation of the curriculum and represents the spirit and context of schools and the curriculum.<br> <strong><em>Objectives: </em></strong>The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) is used as a diagnostic tool for evaluating the effectiveness of changes in education and identifying the difference between real and ideal environments. Accordingly, this study aimed to investigate the nursing students&rsquo; perceptions regarding the educational atmosphere of the pharmacology course.<br> <strong><em>Methods:</em></strong> This cross-sectional study was conducted on all undergraduate nursing students who had a course in pharmacology training (N=30) in 2015. To this end, the DREEM modified instrument was applied to examine students&rsquo; perceptions and data were analyzed by SPSS software using mean, standard deviation, frequency, and percentage for descriptive data.<br> <strong><em>Results</em></strong><strong>:</strong> Overall, the mean score of the nursing students&rsquo; perceptions regarding the educational atmosphere of the pharmacology course was 98.5&plusmn; 18.86 out of 172. The educational atmosphere of the pharmacology course was reported as excellent (3.3%), more positive than negative (70%), and plenty of problems (26.7%) from participants&rsquo; viewpoints, respectively.<br> <strong><em>Conclusion:</em></strong> In general, the educational atmosphere of the pharmacology course was more positive than negative from the viewpoints of the majority of nursing students, indicating the importance of professors&rsquo; considerations regarding the principles of the instructional design and creating an appropriate educational environment for better learning in trainings. pharmacology, nursing students, education, atmosphere, universities 15 22 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-728-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Muhammad Ali Montaseri R.Parniyan22@gmail.com 10031947532846007374 10031947532846007374 No Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Razieah Parniyan R.Parniyan22@gmail.com 10031947532846007375 10031947532846007375 Yes Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Zohre Badiye Peymaie Jahromi R.Parniyan22@gmail.com 10031947532846007376 10031947532846007376 No Nursing Ph.D Candidate, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Mohammad Hashim Abdi R.Parniyan22@gmail.com 10031947532846007377 10031947532846007377 No Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Somayeh Ramezanli R.Parniyan22@gmail.com 10031947532846007378 10031947532846007378 No Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Afifeh Rahmanian Koshkaki R.Parniyan22@gmail.com 10031947532846007379 10031947532846007379 No Department of Nursing, Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom, Iran Shohreh Javadpoure R.Parniyan22@gmail.com 10031947532846007380 10031947532846007380 No Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran Fatemah Kazemiyan R.Parniyan22@gmail.com 10031947532846007381 10031947532846007381 No Pharm.D, Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran