en <span style=font-size:14px;><span style=unicode-bidi:embed><span new= roman= style=font-family: times=><b><span cambria= style=font-family:>Aims:</span></b> <span cambria= style=font-family:>Occupational safety, contact care, safety policy, as well as mental-environmental conditions, are supposed among the most significant factors shaping the levels of stress in nurses. </span><span cambria= style=font-family:>Therefore, this path analysis was fulfilled to test a theoretical model to reflect on the relationship between Safety policy, </span><span cambria= style=font-family:>occupational safety</span><span cambria= style=font-family:>, mental-environmental conditions, and Contact Care.</span></span></span><br> <span style=background:white><span style=unicode-bidi:embed><span new= roman= style=font-family: times=><b><span cambria= style=font-family:>Instrument & Methods:</span></b> <span cambria= style=font-family:>This predictive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018-19. A total number of 530 nurses were selected from 11 hospitals in 4 provinces in Iran. The Stress of Exposure to Sharps Injury Scale was used. A path analysis was also utilized by SPSS 24 software.</span><b><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></b></span></span></span><br> <span style=unicode-bidi:embed><span new= roman= style=font-family: times=><b><span cambria= style=font-family:>Findings:</span></b><span cambria= style=font-family:> The mean age of the nurses was 35.72±7.78. As well, 12.5% of the nurses had associate’s degrees and 82.2% of them were holding bachelor’s and higher degrees. The path analysis also explained 57.6% of the variance in contact care. Moreover, the findings indicated a direct effect as a significant positive relationship between occupational safety and mental-environmental conditions. Likewise, safety policy could mediate the relationship between occupational safety, mental-environmental conditions, and safety policy.</span></span></span><br> <span style=unicode-bidi:embed><span new= roman= style=font-family: times=><b><span cambria= style=font-family:>Conclusion: </span></b><span cambria= style=font-family:>The study findings suggested that safety policy could mediate the relationship between occupational safety, mental-environmental conditions, and contact care. therefore, designing and implementing suitable safety policy statements can play a vital role in reducing the levels of stress among nurses in terms of patient care.</span><b><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></b></span></span><br> <span style=unicode-bidi:embed><span new= roman= style=font-family: times=><b><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></b></span></span></span> Needlestick Injury,Occupational Safety,Psychological Stress,Mediation Analysis,Risk Management,Theoretical Model, 109 114 http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-61015-2&slc_lang=en&sid=4