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OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship among nurses' mental capital,social support and job burnout. METHODS: One hundred and sixty-one clinical nurses were selected as the study objects from 2 Grade 3A hospitals and 2 Grade 2A hospitals of Luohe City using stratified random sampling method. The questionnaires of Psychological Capital,Social Support Revalued Scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory were answered and analyzed. RESULTS: The scores of self-efficacy dimension in the nurses who were older than 41 years old and working age more than 21 years were higher than other age groups and other working age groups respectively( P < 0. 05). The scores of subjective support and objective support of married group were higher than the unmarried group( P < 0. 01). Subjective support of the undergraduate nurse group had higher scores than junior college group( P < 0. 05). The self-efficacy,hope,toughness and optimism dimensions of psychological capital of nurses were negatively correlated with the emotional exhaustion,depersonalization and diminished personal accomplishment dimensions of job burnout respectively( P < 0. 01). The psychological capital could and predict the degree of social support( P < 0. 05). Social support had a buffering effect to the occurrence of job burnout. Selfefficacy,hope,objective support and subjective support could predict emotional exhaustion( P < 0. 05). Hope and optimism could predict depersonalization( P < 0. 01). Utilization of social support and subjective support could predict diminished personal accomplishment( P < 0. 05). CONCLUSION: Nurses psychological capital,social support and job burnout varied with age,length of service,marital status and educational level. Psychological capital and social support had the combined effect of job burnout.