Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine 2008-0387 19 0 2026 09 12 1707 1707 EN Behzad Hamedani Assistant Professor, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Erfan Mohammadi Researcher, B.Sc. in Nursing, School of Nursing, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Fatemeh Moghadasi Researcher, B.Sc. in Nursing, Department of Nursing, Arak School of Nursing, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Nasrolah Erfani Associated Professor, Department of Psychology, Payam Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran. Mohammad Behnammoghadam Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran. 2026 05 19 2026 09 12 In this study, we examined the impact of nurses’ spiritual and moral intelligence on compassionate care. Evidence indicates that spiritual and moral intelligence can influence nurses’ capacity to provide compassionate care, which is a core component of nursing quality. This was a cross-sectional study conducted from October to December 2024 on 127 nurses selected through cluster random sampling from teaching hospitals affiliated with Arak and Yasuj Universities of Medical Sciences. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, King’s Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire, Lennick and Kiel’s Moral Intelligence Questionnaire, and Tehrani’s Compassionate Care Questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression in SPSS version 26. The nurses in our study demonstrated moderate spiritual intelligence (54.11 ± 13.68), good moral intelligence (73.81 ± 8.69), and satisfactory compassionate care (121.44 ± 14.94). We also found that spiritual intelligence (r = 0.304, P < 0.001) and moral intelligence (r = 0.536, P < 0.001) were positively correlated with compassionate care. In the regression analysis, moral intelligence was the only significant predictor (β = 0.54, P < 0.001), explaining 28% of the variance (adjusted R² = 0.28). The results showed that although both forms of intelligence were positively associated with compassionate care, moral intelligence was the only significant predictor. https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/1707 https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/download/1707/499