Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 2 Distribution of work conditions for the studied nurses

From: Work stress and sleep disturbances among internship nursing students

Work conditions		Number	Percent
Hospital type	Governmental	32	34
Hospital type	Private	63	66
Shifts/week	3 shifts	27	28
	4 shifts	41	44
	> 4 shifts	27	28
Hours/shift	6 h	2	2
	12 h	90	95
	24 h	3	3
Night shifts/week	1–2	54	56
	3–4	26	27
	> 4	15	17
Nurse patient ratio	1 for 1 to 2	37	39
	1 for 3 to 4	12	13
	1 for > 4	46	48
Payment	Acceptable	64	67
Payment	Not	31	33

Nursing stress as to total score of ENSS (7.37% severe stress, 58.95% moderate stress, 33.68% mild stress)

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