en Nursing Orginal research <p><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i>Background:</i></b></span> Various factors are known to influence psychological well-being and professional identity, both of which can subsequently affect the optimal performance and efficiency of nurses. </span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i>Objectives:</i></b></span><span style="color:#000066;"><b> </b></span>The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between professional identity and psychological well-being among nurses.</span><br> <span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i>Methods:</i></b></span><span style="color:#000066;"> </span><span style="color:black">The current research was a descriptive correlational study conducted on 242 nurses in 2021. The hospitals of Birjand City were selected by cluster sampling based on the inclusion criteria. The data were collected using a demographic information questionnaire, the Ryff psychological well-being questionnaire, and Hao&#39;s professional identity questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS 19 software using the independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance, chi-square, Pearson correlation, and Spearman correlation.</span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i>Results:</i></b></span><span style="color:#000066;"> </span>The results showed that the mean (SD) score of professional identity in nurses was 58.49 (10.09), and the average score (SD) of psychological well-being among the nurses was 69.74 (10.96). There was a positive and significant relationship between psychological well-being and professional identity, meaning that with the improvement of professional identity, the level of psychological well-being also increased among nurses (sig=0.005, &alpha;=0.185).</span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i>Conclusion:</i></b></span><span style="color:#000066;"> </span>By promoting professional identity, it is possible to upgrade psychological well-being among nurses. This can be achieved by implementing stress-coping measures such as optimization of the work conditions and work indicators, which can promote nurses&rsquo; professional identity and, subsequently, psychological well-being.</span></span></span></span></p> <br> <span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:"MyriadPro-Light","serif""></span></span></span></span></span> Professional Identity, Psychological Well-Being, Nurses 10 18 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-943-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Fahime Heyrati heyratifahime1364@gmail.com 100319475328460013649 0009-0006-5289-6146 No Department of Nursing, Torbat Jam Faculty of Medical Sciences, Torbat Jam, Iran Fateme Taheri f.taheri@bums.ac.ir 100319475328460013650 100319475328460013650 Yes PhD candidate in Nursing, student research committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Maliheh Abdullahi 100319475328460013651 100319475328460013651 No Department of Nursing, Torbat Jam Faculty of Medical Sciences, Torbat Jam, Iran Naheed Reyhani 100319475328460013652 0009-0004-5781-7369 No Department of Nursing, Torbat Jam Faculty of Medical Sciences, Torbat Jam, Iran