Attitude of Nurses Working in Kirkuk City Hospitals: Occupational Health and Safety Factors Hazards

Background: Occupational safety is an important topic for health staff, especially nursing, as they are the most category and because of their work in many departments in the hospital and also because they are in direct contact with the patient leads to their exposure to multiple occupational hazards, which affects the health of the nursing staff and thus negatively affects the quality of care provided to the patient.

Objective: To assess the level of knowledge of nurses and their attitudes about occupational health hazards working in Kirkuk hospitals.

 Methods: A cross-sectional study descriptive conducted during the period from 1 January, 2025, to 30 March , 2025.350 samples were collected randomly from nurses working in hospitals in the city of Kirkuk. The samples were collected through the interview using New administered questionnaire.

Results: The results showed that the most participants in the study were females (56.6%) and the most respondents were within the age group 20-30 (82.9%), as for academic achievement, the results showed that a high percentage of participants have a bachelor's degree (59.7%) and most of them work in the respiratory care unit (29.4%) .The tables also showed that the most nurses participated in occupational health and safety courses (67.1%) .Nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards occupational health and safety were among the high levels (67.16%),( 71.89%), respectively.

Conclusion : The results showed that there is no statistically significant relationship between nurses' knowledge and socio-demographic variables, as well as no statistically significant relationship between nurses' attitudes and socio-demographic variables, except for age groups less than 30 years old, which showed a significant relationship at P<0.05.