Background: Nurses play a vital role in the healthcare system, providing continuous 24-hour care
to hospitalized patients. Nurses established themselves as an essential element of other
disciplines within the hospitals. Aim: The present study aimed to assess nurses' perception toward
their professional rights and its' relation to their job satisfaction, professional and organizational
commitment. Design: A descriptive correlational design was utilized to achieve the aim of the
present study. Sample: A convenient sample (n=118) of nurses who working at Internal Medicine
Hospital and who agreed to participate in the study were included. Setting: The study was
conducted at Internal Medicine hospital at Cairo University Hospitals. Tool: Four questionnaires
were used as follow; nurses ' perception toward their professional rights, nurses` job satisfaction
scale, nurses` professional commitment questionnaire and nurses` organizational commitment
questionnaire. Conclusion: The current study concluded that, more than half of the sample was
perceived their professional rights and more than half of the sample was satisfied with their job and
more than half of the sample was not committed to nursing profession, while, near to the half of the
sample was committed to their organization. Moreover, there was a highly statistically negative
correlation between staff nurses' professional rights and their job satisfaction. In addition, there was
significant positive correlation between nurses` professional and organizational commitment and
nurses` perception about their rights. Recommendation: Increasing the awareness of nursing
personnel about their professional rights by holding workshops and lectures on a regular basis
through the training and education department team in the hospital and monitor and report hospice
professional nurse's turnover rates periodically in light of management's enhanced focus on
improving nurses` satisfaction, professional and organizational nurse's commitment.