All aspects of the health care industry are affected by political and policy
decisions at the local, state and national levels, therefore nurses' political awareness is critical to
nursing attainment of professional goals and nurse attainment of personal goals. The purpose of
this study was to assess study subjects political awareness level. The study included convenient
sample from faculty of nursing teaching staff (n=74) and hospital nurses (head nurses n=51and
staff nurses n=105). Data was collected by using structured interview questionnaire. The results
revealed that the staff nurses were the most apathetic group, the head nurses were more slightly
aware in political implications, while faculty of nursing teaching staff were the most self
interested in political sophistication, there a statistical significant relation between study subject
educational level and political awareness. Most of them not belonged to political party. The
present study recommended that, conduct a training program about political participation for
nurses, and incorporate courses related to politics for undergraduate nursing students.