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

Table 3

The frequency and percentage distribution of the overall work interruptions by the characteristics of individuals and working environment ().

Variables	Frequency	Percent
General environmental characteristics
Unit type
Pediatric	344	29.9
Medical	295	25.6
Surgical	339	29.4
Gynecology	72	6.2
Ophthalmology	102	8.9
Day of week	102
Weekday	76.4	76.4
Weekend	23.6	23.6
Shift of day
Regular	962	83.5
Night	190	16.5
Time of medication round
12 PM	363	31.5
2 PM	316	27.4
6 PM	37	3.2
10 PM	31	2.7
12 AM	39	3.4
2 AM	39	3.4
6 AM	44	3.8
10 AM	283	24.6
Individual/participant characteristics
Gender
Male	577	50.1
Female	575	49.9
Age
≤25 years	151	13.1
26–30 years	782	67.9
31–40 years	188	16.3
>40 years	31	2.7
Marital status
Single	704	61.1
Married	381	33.1
Divorced/widowed	67	5.8
Educational status
Diploma	206	17.9
B.S.	946	82.1
Professional experience
≤5 years	747	64.8
6–10 years	300	26.0
>10 years	105	9.1
Perceived risk of WIs
Perceived as no/low risk	666	57.8
Perceived as high risk	486	42.2