en <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Aims:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> This study aimed to determine the correlation between health-promoting hospitals’ standards and nurses’ caring behaviors.</span></span><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></span></b></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Instrument & Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> This correlational study was conducted on 228 nurses working in hospitals affiliated with Birjand University of Medical Sciences in 2021 in Birjand, Iran. The research instruments included the demographic characteristics checklist, the Caring Behavior Inventory, and the World Health Organization’s Health Promotion Standards Adherence Scale.</span></span><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></span></b></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Findings:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> There was a significant positive correlation between the total score of health-promoting hospital standards and the total score of nurses’ caring behaviors from the perspective of nurses (p<0.001, r=0.494). Likewise, there was a significant positive correlation between all dimensions of health-promoting hospitals’ standards and all dimensions of nurses’ caring behaviors (p<0.001).</span></span><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></span></b></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4f81bd>Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> Hospitals enhance nurses’ caring behavior by following health-promoting hospital standards and fostering a positive work environment with improved inter-professional relationships.</span></span></span></span></span> Hospitals,Health,Nurses, 605 610 http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-85625-1&slc_lang=en&sid=4 M. Esmaeelzadeh 1003194753284600346142 1003194753284600346142 No Student Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran M. Pirani 1003194753284600346143 1003194753284600346143 No Hashemi Nezhad Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran M. Bahrami 1003194753284600346144 1003194753284600346144 No Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran M. Soleimanian Asl 1003194753284600346145 1003194753284600346145 No Student Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran H. Sabeghi 1003194753284600346146 1003194753284600346146 Yes Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran