Background: A military hospital plays a significant role during the crisis because of the specific security aspects. This study aimed to assess the clinical skills of nurses in crisis handling in military hospitals.

Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in November 2014 in military hospitals of Kerman city. The study involved the nurses and paramedics population at work in these hospitals. Totally, 170 nurses were included by random clustered sampling method. The self-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. The analysis of data were done by descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis tests using SPSS software

Results: The study showed that the clinical skills of nurses to provide services in times of crisis on the criteria valued at moderate level (83.78 ± 14.72). The skill levels were good, moderate, and low in 17.70%, 51.13%, and 31.17% of nurses, respectively.

Conclusion: The results revealed that our study population had moderate clinical skills in crisis and they require additional training and necessary skills in crisis situations.