Assessment of Communication Skills Competence for New Graduate Nurses in Babylon Province Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Good communication is essential to nursing since it has a direct impact on patient satisfaction, safety, and care. New Graduate Nurses (NGNs), however, frequently find it difficult to acquire these abilities as they enter the workforce. The communication capabilities of NGNs have not been extensively studied in Iraq, particularly in Babylon province.Objective: This investigation directed to assess the communication skills of NGNs in Babylon province, directing on three areas; effective communication, therapeutic relationships, and teamwork. Second, moreover studied how these three skills are affected by demographic characters: (age, gender, and marital status)Methods: Five public hospitals in Babylon province were selected in the cross-sectional survey between March and April 2023, sample of current study were thirty-two NGNs who had graduated in the preceding year. A37-item questionnaire that validated measure competence in communication skills was used for data collection. One-way ANOVA, t-tests, and descriptive statistics were used to examine the data.Results: the new graduated nurses of 81.3% showed great competency in teamwork, approximately 69% bested at building therapeutic relationships with their patients, and = (43.8%) presented good skills in area of effective communication. In each area, female nurses and younger nurses (ages 22–24) achieved improved. Once it approached to therapeutic relationships and effective communication, individual nurses outshined their married colleagues.Conclusion: findings of this study highlight in what way significant it is to recover NGNs' communication skills, very in areas as therapeutic relationships and effective communication. While they exhibited great collaboration capabilities, weaknesses in other of these areas point to the need for concentrating lessons. Developing these critical skills should be the major aim of nursing training and licensed training courses to contribution NGNs in their initial professions and improve care outcomes.