TY - JOUR AU - Gulsah Camci , AU - Sidika Oguz, AU - Turabi Karadag, AU - Betul Bayrak, PY - 2020/10/12 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Occupational safety in nurses working in a tertiary care hospital in Turkey JF - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association JA - J Pak Med Assoc VL - 71 IS - 2 SE - Research Article DO - 10.47391/JPMA.727 UR - https://ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/1607 SP - 465-468 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To determine the occupational safety of nurses working in a tertiary care hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> The cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital at Kocaeli University, Turkey, from January to March 2016, and comprised nurses working at the hospital. A questionnaire and the occupational safety scale were used to collect data. The Occupational Safety Scale has seven subscales. Frequencies, percentages, mean values and standard deviations were calculated during data analysis.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Of the 200 nurses, 180(90%) were female and 88(44%) had 6-11 years of professional experience. The overall mean score of the scale was 2.593±0.770. Nurses working in daytime had better score on the healthcare screening and registry systems subscale compared to nurses working in shifts (p=0.020). There were no differences between the other subscales and work patterns (p&gt;0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The nurses were found to have poor occupational safety.</p><p><strong>Key Words:</strong> Nurse, Occupational safety, Occupational health, Occupational disease</p><p><strong>Continuous...</strong></p> ER -