The relationship between Nurses' Demographic Attributes and the Quality of Nursing Care Provided to Stroke Patients

Background: The quality of nursing care is a major concern in different countries around the globe, including Iraq. This paper shedding light upon the nursing care provided to stroke patients by exploring its roots and contributing factors that relates to the nurses demographic data. Objective(s): The aim of this study is to detect the relationship between nurses' demographic attributes and the quality of nursing care provided to stroke patients. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study design approach is done by observational the members of the study population, with the aim of describing the studied phenomenon in terms of its nature and degree of existence only. The descriptive cross-sectional approach is done by observation of the study participants about the quality of nursing care provided for stroke patients.The study was carried out in Anbar Province, at Fallujah Teaching Hospital. The non-probability (purposive) sample was selected to carry out the study which consists of (50) nurses who are deals with stroke is selected among nurses who working at emergency department, medical wards, and critical words. Results: Findings demonstrated that there were significant differences in quality of nursing care with regard nurses who are male (M SD=1.930.640) and those who are female (M SD=1.050.224) (t=5.922; p=0.000. Furthermore, there were significant differences in quality of nursing care with regard nurses education level (p=0.000). Nurses who are bachelors significantly increased quality of nursing care. Conclusion: There is an obvious association in quality of nursing care with respect to the nurses' years of experience. Years of experience that are more than ten increased the quality of nursing care. Recommendations: Increasing the number of nurses, with a bachelors degree in nursing profession, to work in the (emergency unit, internal unit, intensive care unit) because of the information and scientific background they have.