Background and Aim: When the staff trusts their leaders, they will not take a serious decision to leave the organization. Lack of nursing staff and professional nursing in nurses have created many problems in service delivery, quality of care and treatment costs. This descriptive, analytical study was conducted to determine the relationship between ethical leadership and nurses' intention to leave the hospitals of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences.
 
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study, 180 formal and nursing nurses participated in the study using randomized cluster sampling. Data were collected through a questionnaire of demographic characteristics and standardized questionnaire of Trivino et al. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics including mean, fluctuation and inferential statistics including regression of correlation coefficient, structural equation model and fitting goodness model.
 
Results: The findings indicated that there was a negative and significant association between ethical leadership and turnover intention (B=-0.58, P=0.000) and a positive and significant association between job stress and turnover intention (B=0.65, P=0.000).furthermore, there was a significant reverse relationship between ethical leadership and occupational stress (B=-0.29, P=0.01).  
Conclusion: Regarding the obtained results, managers can increase the trust, loyalty and organizational commitment of employees by expanding the culture of ethical values and reducing the stressful occupational factors, thereby reducing their abandonment.