أثر المناوبات الليلية على توترات الدور الاجتماعي والمهني لدى الممرضين المناوبين ليلًا العاملين في المستشفيات الحكومية في إقليم الشمال

Mohammad A. Al Harahsheh; Abdalah M. Gazan‎

doi:10.35516/Hum.2025.8766

Authors

Mohammad A. Al Harahsheh department of sociology and social work , Arts Faculty, Yarmouk University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2359-8386
Abdalah M. Gazan‎ department of sociology and social work , Arts Faculty, Yarmouk University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2359-8386

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/Hum.2025.8766

Keywords:

Night shifts, social and professional role tensions, nurses, hospitals, medical sociology.

Abstract

Objectives: The study aimed to identify the impact of night shifts on social and professional role tensions among nurses on night shifts working in government hospitals in the northern region.

Methods: The study sample consisted of (287) male and female nurses. The study adopted the social survey method, using the intentional sample method: because it was limited to married male and female nurses, those who have children, and work at night.

Results: The study concluded that night shifts have a significant impact on creating social role tensions and were evaluated with a high degree, while the impact of professional role tensions was average. It also showed differences for the independent variables (gender, number of night shifts per week, age, and medical department) in the study areas, while no statistical differences were found according to the variable (length of service).

Conclusions: The study showed that night shifts have negative effects on the family, social and professional life of married male and female nurses. The researchers also recommend conducting a similar study on married and unmarried male and female nurses from all hospitals and their different types, given that the study was limited to married male and female nurses in hospitals in the northern region.

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