CLINICAL COMPETENCE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH JOB STRESS AMONG NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT NURSES: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

Abstract

Background & Aims: Clinical competence has a great impact on providing quality nursing care in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). Clinical competence is a complex concept that has different dimensions and its level and related factors have been reported numerously and sometimes contradictory in different clinical wards. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical competence and its relationship with job stress of nurses in NICUs affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran in 2018.