Objective To have knowledge about the current situation of nurses in different positions

workplace stress and subjective well-being

and to explore their correlations and influencing factors.Method A survey of 470nurses was conducted using comprehensive happiness questionnaire and workplace stressor scale.ResultsScores on subjective well-being of the nurses were（64.65±9.05）;scores of unmarried nurses were（57.26± 8.41）while those of married nurses were（66.49±20.15）

and the differences were statistically significant（χ2=4.677

P<0.01）.The head nurse and non-clinical nurses had a relatively high level of happiness

and nurses from departments such as clinical surgery

internal medicine and outpatient had a low level of happiness.Workplace stress was negatively correlated with sense of happiness

and the higher the stress

the lower the sense of happiness.Conclusion Overall level of happiness in nurses is a little bit low.Subjective well-being of the nurses differs from their marital status and positions

and the work stress is correlated with subjective well-being.Emphasizing humanistic care on nurses

instructing nurses to correctly define their occupational position

improving their sense of belonging for the occupation

easing their workplace stress and increasing the overall sense of happiness in them will create favorable humanistic environment for building harmonious hospitals.