Work Interruption Experienced by Nurses during Medication Administration Process and Associated Factors, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographics, work environment, and perceptual characteristics of participants.

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Gender
Male	140	50.4
Female	138	49.6
Age
≤25 years	34	12.2
26–30 years	190	68.3
31–40 years	43	15.5
>40 years	11	4.0
Marital status
Single	166	59.7
Married	95	34.2
Divorced/widowed	17	6.1
Educational status
Diploma	61	21.9
B.S.	217	78.1
Professional experience
≤5 years	163	58.6
6–10 years	88	31.7
>10 years	27	9.7
Perceived risk of WIs
Perceived as no/low risk	162	58.3
Perceived as high risk	116	41.7
Unit type
Pediatric	78	28.1
Medical	73	26.3
Surgical	75	27.0
Gynecology	23	10.4
Ophthalmology	29	8.3
Day of week
Weekday	197	70.9
Weekend	81	29.1
Shift of day
Regular	203	73.0
Night	75	27.0
Time of medication round
10 AM	66	23.7
12 PM	68	24.5
2 PM	69	24.8
6 PM	15	5.4
10 PM	15	5.4
12 AM	15	5.4
2 AM	15	5.4
6 AM	15	5.4