Assessment The Level Of Use Interpersonal Communication Skills Among Nurses Working In Psychiatric And General Wards At Teaching Hospitals In Baghdad City: Comparative Study”

Abstract

Aimed of this study to identify the level of using interpersonal communication skills among nurses working in psychiatric and general wards at Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad city, and to compare between using of interpersonal communication skills among nurses working in psychiatric and general wards.The study Initiated from (13the Januarys, 2021 to march,2022),The research design was employed in this study A descriptive study, comparative design.The sampling of this study was A convenient (non-probability) sample was used in this study that composed of140 nurses; 70 nurses are working in psychiatric ward, and 70 nurses are working in general ward at teaching hospitals in Baghdad City, was distributed from the five teaching hospitals from Rusafa and Al-Karkh was involved in the present study.The results of data analysis were employed by Statistical Package for Social Science (SSPS version 25)that foundthat good interpersonal communication skills use 94.3% (n=66) among the nurses working at general wards, while 85.7% (n=60) among nurses working at psychiatric wards.The study recommendedconducting systematic education Ministry of Health is necessary in the form of trainings and courses thought specialist’s teachers or trainers in the field of proper communication to improve the quality of nursing care.