This study aims identifying the effects of nurses' perceptions of organizational justice on their performance and to test the mediating role of job satisfaction. This is a cross-sectional study. This study conducted with 374 nurses working hospitals. The research model was tested using structural equation modeling and the bootstrap technique. Organizational justice has been found to have a significant impact on job performance and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction had a partial mediating role. The results of this study could guide the more effective and efficient use of human resources in nursing management and contribute to the literature of health and nursing management.