Background: Understanding the protective role of emotional intelligence against burnout can help psychiatric nurses in effective conflict management in their clinical experience and dealing with psychiatric patients. Aim of the study: was to investigate the relation between burnout symptoms and emotional intelligence among psychiatric nurses. Subjects and Methods: Research design: A correlational design was used to conduct the present study. Setting: The present study was conducted at El Azazi hospital for mental health in Abo Hamad City, Al sharkia Governorate. Subjects: A purposive sample of 140 psychiatric nurses was recruited for this study. Tools of data collection: Tool I: Socio-demographic questionnaire, Tool II: Maslach Burnout scale, and Tool III: Emotional intelligence scale. Results: The present study demonstrated that two-thirds of studied nurses had moderate level of psychological burnout levels and there were statistically significant negative correlations between the scores of emotional intelligence and psychological burnout. Conclusion: Twothird of studied psychiatric nurses had a moderate level of psychological burnout. The majority of studied psychiatric nurses had a good level of emotional intelligence. Higher emotional intelligence had negative correlation with psychological burnout. Recommendations: providing training and educational programs for nurses to enhance their emotional intelligence by trainning them in emotional expression and management. Key words: Burnout symptoms, Emotional intelligence, Psychiatric nurses.