Irak, Al-Diwaniyah şehrinde devlet ve özel hastanelerde çalışan hemşirelerin mesleki tehlikelere ilişkin bilgi, tutum ve önleyici uygulamalarının araştırılması

The study objective to evaluate and compare the occupational hazards and knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices of nurses working in public and private hospitals in Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq. The study was done at Public and Private Hospitals from 23 /December/ 2021 to 16 /March/ 2022. The study sample were 200 nurses working in public and private hospitals. It was observed that the majority of the sample was male in private hospitals and female in public hospitals, and the groups were generally composed have diploma in nursing. It was also found that the most majority of nurses in the groups participated in occupational hazards education programs. It was observed that the mean age and work experience of the nurses working in the private hospital were higher (p<0.05). When the knowledge, attitude and preventive practices of the groups were compared, it was found that the knowledge and preventive practices of nurses working in private hospitals were higher than those of nurses working in public hospitals (respectively; high/moderate, p=0.001; appropriate/moderate p=0.001). Although the attitudes of the nurses were seen in positive in both groups, the attitudes of the nurses working in public hospitals were found to be higher (p=0.005). 2022, 86 pages Keywords: Attitude, Knowledge, Nurses, Occupatıonal hazards, Safety practices.