en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="line-height:200%"><span style="line-height:200%"><strong>Background</strong>: Like other countries in the world, Iran is facing the problem of a shortage of nurses. Meanwhile, many Iranian nurses migrate to other countries every year. The present study aims to assess the relationships between migration intention, workload, and a healthy work environment for nurses.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: This cross-sectional correlational study was conducted in 2020 using a proportional stratified sampling of 360 nurses working in the Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) teaching hospitals. The study data were collected through a demographic questionnaire, the nurses&rsquo; intention to migrate questionnaire, the NASA task load index, and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Healthy Work Environment Assessment. In this study, we used the independent t-test, analysis of variance, and the Pearson correlation coefficient for data analysis at a significance level of <0.05 in SPSS software, version 16.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: The Mean&plusmn;SD intention to migrate score was 65.59&plusmn;33.51. A weak but significant positive correlation existed between the intention to migrate and workload (r=0.166, P=0.002). There was an inverse and weak relationship between the intention to migrate and a healthy work environment (r=-0.160, P=0.002). There was also a significant relationship between the intention of nurses to migrate and their work experience (P=0.048) and employment status (P=0.001).<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: The prevention of nurses&rsquo; migration must be investigated thoroughly to determine the reasons. But according to the results of this study, providing a healthy work environment and maintaining the current workforce by providing the indicators desired by nurses may partly prevent excessive migration of nurses.</span></span></span></span></div> Immigration, Workload, Healthy work environment, Nurse 113 122 http://jccnc.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-475-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Tahmine Salehi salehi.t@iums.ac.ir 10031947532846009232 10031947532846009232 No Department of Nursing Management, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mohammadsaeed Mirzaee saeedmirzaee75@gmail.com 10031947532846009233 10031947532846009233 No Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Shima Haghani shima_haghani@yahoo.com 10031947532846009234 10031947532846009234 No Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Nadia Salehinia tahminesalehi@gmail.com 10031947532846009235 10031947532846009235 Yes Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.