RESULTS
In this study, out of a total of 186 nurses who were working at Jimma Specialized Hospital and fulfilled the selection criteria were provided the standard questionnaires and they filled out and returned 175 copies of the questionnaires were. Response rate was 94%, which was considered as very good (22). Six individuals were unable to communicate during the data collection while five respondents returned incomplete copies of the questionnaires, which accounts for 11(6%) of the target population. The demographic data were analyzed using descriptive statistic (N=175). The age range of the subjects was 20-60, with the highest percentage (51% falling between ages of 20 and 30 years of age. The literature indicated that nurses work force in health sectors are mostly females (23); likewise, at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, (55%) of the nurses were females and the remaining (45%) were males. Seventy-nine percent of the respondents had diploma in nursing while the rest 21% had BSc degree in the same field of study. Among these respondents, 75% had 1-10 years of work experience (Table 1).