Purpose: 　This study was conducted to analyze the concept of nurses’ emotional labor. Method: Rodgers’s evolutionary concept analysis was used. Result: Nurses’ emotional labor can be defined by two attributes: emotional distortion and self-regulation process. Antecedents of nurses’ emotional labor include interactional, organizational and personal factors. The consequences of nurses’ emotional labor are emotional dissonance and internalization of organizational display rules. Conclusion: Appropriate instrument to operationalize the concept need to be developed.