Objective To investigate the current situation of incivility encountered by nurses in cancer hospital, and to analyze its influencing factors, so as to provide a reference for developing targeted intervention. Methods A total of 484 nurses from a cancer hospital were selected using convenient sampling, then they were investigated by utilizing a general information questionnaire, the Nursing Incivility Scale (NIS), the Rushton Moral Resilience Scale (RMRS) and the Healthcare Provider Perceptions of Team Effectiveness (Provider-PTE). Results The participants′ score of the NIS was (131.78±21.93). The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that, the working years in cancer hospital, gender, the score of Provider-PTE and RMRS were major influencing factors of incivility encountered by the participants （P<0.05 for all), which explained 41.0% of the total variance. Conclusion The incivility encountered by nurses in cancer hospital is at a medium level, nursing administrators should take targeted intervention according to the influencing factors, so as to reduce incivility encountered by nurses in cancer hospitals.