en Occupational Health Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="line-height:250%"><b><span style="color:black">Background:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Understanding the way nurses&#39; informatics competencies affect their mastery of professional competencies can help with providing high quality care and design contents for continuing nursing education. This study aimed to determine the association between nurses&#39; informatics and their clinical competencies.</span></span><br> <span style="line-height:250%"><b><span style="color:black">Materials & Methods:</span></b><span style="color:black"> A total of 150 nurses who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled in this descriptive study from three general public hospitals in Rafsanjan, Iran, using stratified random sampling method. Self-reporting data collection was performed applying three questionnaires of (1) personal and job characteristics, (2) the Self-Assessment of <a name="_Hlk105283091">Nursing Informatics Competencies</a> Scale (SANIC), and (3) the Competency Inventory for Registered Nurses (CIRN). Data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Chi-square, Pearson&#39;s correlation&nbsp;coefficient, and linear regression statistical tests.</span><br> <b><span style="color:black">Results:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Female nurses had higher CIRN scores than male ones (p = 0.027). The results of the Pearson&#39;s correlation coefficient showed a moderate significant positive association between SANIC and CIRN scores (r = 0.341, p = 0.001). Furthermore, results of the linear regression analysis showed that about 11% of the CIRN score was associated to the SANIC score (P = 0.001). After adjustment based on gender (p = 0.060) and education (p = 0.064), the correlation was not significant.</span></span><br> <span style="line-height:250%"><b><span style="color:black">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Given the effect of gender and level of education, there was no significant association between Nursing Informatics Competencies and nurses&rsquo; competency. The level of application of informatics in nursing should be reviewed contextually. </span>&nbsp;<span style="color:black"></span></span></span></span></div> Nursing,Informatics,Clinical Competency,Professional, 41 47 http://johe.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-270-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ali Ansari Jaberi shibonraf@yahoo.com 22400319475328460011263 22400319475328460011263 No Instructor, Dept. of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences Zohreh Sahebi sahebizm@gmail.com 22400319475328460011264 22400319475328460011264 No Instructor, Dept. of Midwifery, Geriatric Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences Zahra Riahi Paghaleh zahrariahi8693@gmail.com 22400319475328460011265 22400319475328460011265 No MSc in Nursing Management, Dept. of Nursing Management, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences Kimia Ansari Jaberi ansari.jk97@gmail.com 22400319475328460011266 22400319475328460011266 No MSc Candidate in Medical Informatics, Dept. of Medical Informatics, Student Research Committee, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences Tayebeh Negahban Bonabi negahbant@yahoo.com 22400319475328460011267 22400319475328460011267 Yes Assistant Prof, Dept. of Community Health Nursing, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran. Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences