Background: Nursing is a stressful career; occupational stress is a common occurrence in
health professions. Job stressors and low job control have been shown to be risk factors for
patient safety and lead to poor job performance including reduced quality of nursing care.
This study aimed to identify the impact of work stress on quality of nursing care among
nurses at EL-Minia University Hospitals. The study was developed within descriptive
approach, and was carried out at EL-Minia and Suzan Mubarak University Hospitals in El-
Minia Governorate. Sample & setting: Subjects of the study were all nurses (158) who
worked in all general and critical departments at El-Minia University Hospitals, three tools
were used for data collection: 1- Demographic data sheet 2- Stress scale 3- Quality of nursing
care scale. Results: The findings of the study showed that Less than two thirds of the studied
nurses had moderate level of stress; more than two thirds of the studied nurses had severe
level of the stress. The majority of the studied subjects had accomplished fair quality grade
while one quarter had accomplish poor quality grade. Conclusion: It was concluded that there
were an inverse relation between stress level and quality of nursing care. Recommendations:
organizing stress management program that focuses on different categories of nurses at all
hierarchical levels, and organizing a system for continuing education program for nurses.