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Prolonged exposure to bullying is associated with emotional exhaustion and job burnout. However, the potential buffering role of internal psychological resources, particularly psychological capital, has not been sufficiently examined.\nObjective:\u00a0This study aimed to explore the association between workplace bullying and job burnout among hospital nurses and examined whether psychological capital moderates this relationship.\nMethods:\u00a0A cross-sectional study was conducted with 209 nurses from two hospitals between July and September 2025. Data were collected using the Short Negative Acts Questionnaire, the Work-Related Burnout subscale of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, the Psychological Capital Questionnaire, and a demographic and professional characteristics form. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson\u2019s correlation coefficients, and moderation analysis using PROCESS macro (Model 1).\nResults:\u00a0Nurses reported moderate levels of workplace bullying (M = 2.31, SD = 1.12) and job burnout (M = 2.44, SD = 0.91). Psychological capital was relatively high (M = 4.89, SD = 1.08), including optimism (M = 4.93, SD = 1.09), hope (M = 4.96, SD = 1.13), self-efficacy (M = 4.77, SD = 1.19), and resilience (M = 4.89, SD = 1.17). Job burnout differed significantly across age groups (p = 0.043). Workplace bullying and job burnout varied by educational level (p = 0.019 and p = 0.021, respectively), and workplace bullying differed by gender (p = 0.001). Moderation analysis indicated that workplace bullying was positively associated with job burnout (B = 0.472, p &lt; 0.001), whereas psychological capital was negatively associated with burnout (B = -0.135, p &lt; 0.01). The interaction between workplace bullying and psychological capital was significant (B = 00.106, p &lt; 0.01), indicating that psychological capital attenuated the positive association between workplace bullying and job burnout.\nConclusion:\u00a0Psychological capital functions as a protective factor that buffers the adverse impact of workplace bullying on nurses\u2019 job burnout. 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