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The current study analyzes trait anger, anger expression, and job stress of nurses in order to improve mental health of nurses by providing basic data. For this study, a survey of 201 nurses was conducted from February 24 to March 23, 2015. The nurses surveyed were working for hospitals located in K province, southern part of Seoul, Korea. SPSS Win 21.0 was used to analyze data via technical statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression. Job stress in nurses differed significantly depending on their age, rank, and recent stressful events. Job stress also had a positive correlation with trait anger and anger expression. General factors that affect job stress were age and recent stressful events, which had explanatory power of 0.7%. Independent variables that influence nurses’ job stress were trait anger, with an explanatory power of 18.4%. The results above suggest that it is necessary to set up job stress management programs considering age, rank, recent stressful events, and anger level.