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Abstract
Quality of work life is defined as an opportunity to exercise one’s talents and capacities and to face challenges and situations that require independent initiative and self-direction. It is also an activity thought to be worthwhile by the individuals’ involved. Aim of the study: to determine the relationship of quality work life and the job stress of nurses in the Critical care unit. Research design: A descriptive correlational research design. Sample: A purposeful sample of (80) male and female nurses was included in the study. Setting: conducted at Health Insurance Hospital in Minia City. Tools of data collection: includes two tools, tool І: included: part 1: A personal data, part 2: the work related background sheet, part 3: Quality of working life of nurses Questionnaire and Tool ІІ: Job stress scale were used. Results: More than two thirds of staff nurses who worked in the critical care units have high satisfied toward work context followed by two fifth of them have high work life then less than one quarter of them have satisfied toward work world and the minority have satisfied toward quality of work and work design. Regarding causes of job stress among staff nurses who worked in the critical care units near to three quarters of them were agreement with the working-hours do not fit with their personal life, followed by more than half of them mentioned work shifts are changing frequently, salary does not match with the required tasks and limited opportunities for enhancement and development in this hospital. Conclusion: there was a significant negative fair correlation between staff nurses’ quality of work life perception and their job stress Also, there were increased in mean scores of job stress with low level of work design, work life, work context, work world and total work quality of work life. Recommendation: Educational Training program to improve communication system, performance evaluation, hospital policies, and health work environment.