Assessment of Occupational Hazards on Nurses Performance Who Working in the Operative Room at Kirkuk's Hospitals

Design of the study: Quantitative design (convenience study) was conducted for nurses from 3rd of October, 2018, up to the 1st of May, 2019 to evaluation of factors that impact female nurses job performance at Kirkuks hospitals . Setting of the study: The present study was conducted at Kirkuk General Hospital and Azadi teaching hospital and Pediatric hospital . Sample of the Study: A non-probability (purposive) sample of (60) nurses who working in above mentioned hospitals . Tools of Data Collection: all through a wide-spread related literature’s review, a questionnaire was articulated to conduct a research using a technique of interview. Generally, twenty two items were incorporated in this questionnaire. Thus, the questionnaire comprised of five portions; socio-demographic data, health hazards, physical hazards, chemical hazards and biological hazards . Methods of data collection: The data were collected through the utilization of constructed questionnaire, interview technique with the nurses toward the factors that impact their performance in the hospitals. The data collection process was performed from the period of 1st November, 2018 up to the 15th of January, 2019. Consent informed was granted from nurse for participation in the present study was obtained and the interview was carried out individually . Al-Kitab Journal for Pure Science, 2019, 3(2): 10-28 ISSN: 2617-1260 (Print), 2617-8141(Online) www.kjps.isnra.org Web Site: www.kjps.isnra.org E-mail: kjps@uoalkitab.edu.iq 00 Statistical analysis: The analysis of data was carried out with the assistance of descriptive statistical data analysis methodology that consists of mean of score, percentages, grand score mean and frequencies . Results: The result of the study showed that most of the sample were(20-30) years old., college graduate, (1-5) years of employment, married, working in the Operation room, working only in morning shift, working (21-25) days monthly, have (6) hours' working daily, have barely sufficient monthly income.