fa Nursing Original Article <span style="font-size:12pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Background</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt">:Professional commitment is one of the factors that can improve performance and job satisfaction in nurses. It can also play an important role in nurses&rsquo; willingness to stay in the profession. This study was conducted to determine relationship between professional commitment and the intention to leave the job in nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs).</span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Methods</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt">:This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019, on 202 nurses working in the ICUs of hospitals affiliated to the Golestan University of Medical Sciences, northeastern Iran. Eligible nurses were enrolled via census. Data were collected by using the Nurses&#39; Professional Commitment Scale (NPCS) and the Hanshow&#39;s Anticipated Turnover Scale (ATS). Data were analyzed in SPSS (version 16) using the Spearman&#39;s rank correlation coefficient, Mann&ndash;Whitney U test, and Kruskal-Wallis test. P-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.</span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Results</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt">:The mean score of professional commitment (90.40&plusmn;16.69) and its dimensions had a significant inverse association with intention to leave the job (36.87&plusmn;4.87) (P<0.05). There was also a significant relationship between professional commitment and age, clinical experience, and work experience in ICUs (P<0.05). However, the intention to leave the job had a significant inverse relationship only with clinical work experience (P<0.05).</span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt">Conclusion</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt">:According to the results, necessary measures should be taken by healthcare policy makers and hospital managers to reduce the turnover intention rate among nurses. Officials can increase the nurses&rsquo; job satisfaction by considering the factors that promote professional commitment and by incorporating incentive systems to encourage nurses to remain in the profession.</span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Professional commitment, Turnover intention, Nurse, Intensive Care Units 6 9 http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-747-8&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Farzaneh Hosseyni hoseinyy69@gmail.com 100319475328460010595 100319475328460010595 No MS in Critical Care Nursing, Nursing Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Science, Gorgan, Iran Hosseyn Rahmani 100319475328460010596 100319475328460010596 No MS in Critical Care Nursing, Nursing Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Science, Gorgan, Iran Mahin Tatari maisa.tatari@yahoo.com 100319475328460010597 100319475328460010597 No MS in Biostatistic, Nursing Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Science, Gorgan, Iran Elham Kashani 100319475328460010598 100319475328460010598 No Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of MedicineSayyadShiraziHospitalGolestan University of Medical Sciences Mahnaz Modanloo modanloo.mahnaz@goums.ac.ir 100319475328460010599 100319475328460010599 Yes Associate Professor, Nursing Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Science, Gorgan, Iran