Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine 2008-0387 19 0 2026 06 16 1682 1682 Rozita Cheraghi Ph.D. Candidate in Nursing, Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Vahid Zamanzadeh Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Saeid Musavi Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Maedeh Alizadeh Instructor, Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. 2026 01 08 2026 06 16 This cross-sectional correlational study was conducted with 479 nurses working at educational and medical centers affiliated with Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in 2022–2023 to examine the relationships among social intelligence, moral courage, and resilience. Participants were selected using a multistage sampling method. Data were collected using validated Persian versions of the TSIS Social Intelligence Scale, Sekerka’s Moral Courage Scale, and the CD-RISC Resilience Scale, with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.75, 0.85, and 0.94, respectively. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 19. The findings showed that nurses had moderate social intelligence scores (94.98 ± 14.55) and relatively high moral courage (78.99 ± 17.98), while their resilience level was moderate to high (65.77 ± 15.56). A positive and statistically significant relationship was found between resilience and both social intelligence and moral courage (P < 0.001). Given the importance of resilience in stressful nursing environments and the positive influence of social intelligence and moral courage on resilience, educational interventions focusing on these characteristics may help improve nurses’ resilience. https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/1682 https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/download/1682/489