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Background and Aim: Nurses because of critical decision-making, speed of operation and proper understanding of vital management systems are exposed to mental workload. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the f Individual-Job actors affecting the mental workload of nurses. Materials and Methods: The present study is a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study that was conducted in 1398 selected hospitals in West Isfahan Province. 181 nurses were selected using Cochran's formula by convenient sampling method. In addition to ethical considerations such as completing the informed consent form, the data were collected using standard NASA-TLX questionnaire. Data analysis was done with descriptive and inferential (Spearman correlation, Mann- Whitney) statistical tests with SPSS 24 software. Result: The results of the study showed the mean score of nurses' mental workload was 72.23± 7.40. There is a negative and significant relationship between the mental workload score and the age of the nurses and nurses' mental workload score based on the type of recruitment (p <0.05) and department (p <0.001) showed a significant difference, but the score of the mental workload score was not significantly different in type of gender, marital status, education level and type of nurses shift (p> 0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, the perceived mental workload of the nurses under study is high. Therefore, the attention of planners and decision-makers in the field of nursing to the difficult conditions of the nursing profession and adopting optimal engineering and managerial solutions to reduce the workload of this group are recommended. Please cite this article as: Ahmadi R, Alavi A. Investigating Individual-Job Factors Affecting Nurses' Mental Workload: (Case Study of Selected Hospitals West Isfahan Province). 2024;12(1):14-24. https://doi.org/10.22037/iipm.v11i3.44210