Objective:To probe into the influence of job stress on psychological state,sleep and serum cortisol of nurses in neurological ICU.Methods:A total of 31 cases of nurses in neurological ICU and 30 cases of nurses in rehabilitation department were taken as study subjects from a third grade class A hospital in Changsha.The nurse job stressors scale,self rating scale of Zung anxiety (SAS)and depression (SDS),questionnaire of Pitts-burgh sleep quality index (PSQI)were used to investigate and measure their total serum cortisol.Results:The saw...