Medico-legal Update, April-June 2021, Vol. 21, No. 2 445 Efect of Job Satisfaction on Empathic Skills among Oncology Nurses at Kirkuk City Dhiaa Alrahman Hussein 1 , Waleed Ibrahim Saad 1 1 Master Degree in Nursing / University of Kirkuk / College of Nursing / Iraq Abstract Background: Nursing care delivered to the patients by using physical, mental, social, spiritual and emotional skills. Increasing the level of job satisfaction can promote the level of empathy skills. Thus improving nursing care quality Objectives: The aims of the study were to assess of the level of job satisfaction and the level of empathy skills, as well as to assess the efect of job satisfaction on empathy skills among oncology nurses. Methodology: A correlational study (quantitative design) was carried out at oncology and hematology disease center at Kirkuk city for oncology nurses from frst of February, 2020, up to the frst of October, 2020. A purposive sampling (non- probability) of (56) oncology nursesboth males and females was selected. The instrument used in the study was designed by the researchers according to the previous literaturesto achieve the purposes of the study. The instrument of the study was consisting of fourparts: thefrst part was the demographical data of the participants, the second part was the Occupational data. The third Part was the Job Satisfaction Scale. And the fourth part was the nurses Empathy skills level. The data collection process wereutilized by using self-report technique. The data analysis were by using the descriptive statistical analysis (frequency and percentage) and inferential statistical analysis (Pearson correlation). Results: The results of the study demonstrate that (80%) of the nurses were dissatisfed regarding nursing job,also the results demonstrate that (64 %) of the participants having moderate empathy skill level, (32 %) of the participants having low empathy skills level. Conclusions: The study concluded that job satisfaction have clear efect on empathy skills among oncology nurses. Keywords: Efect, Job satisfaction, empathic skills, oncology nurses. Corresponding Author: Dhiaa Alrahman Hussein M.Sc. Science in Nursing/University of Kirkuk/College of Nursing/Iraq e-mail: dhiaa_h33@uokirkuk.edu.iq Introduction Empathy is a broad and complex concept that the person feel of others. In the nursing profession use empathy is important and very necessary for the delivery of integrated care for patients. Empathy is a multi-dimensional concept with cognitive matter as well as emotive matter. Cognitive empathy is an individual’s abilities to understand the perspective of theothers about their conditions and emotive empathy is an individual’s issues for the feelings of the others 1 . Oncology and intensive care units are distinct areas in terms of interaction and communication with the patients demonstrate passion and empathy skills. To improve patients care, nurses should develop empathy skills. Nurses with enhanced empathic abilities can understand the patient needs.There are general agreementsthat the positive correlation between empathy, patients’ outcomes and clinical competence; there are still some confict in the Relationship between empathy and nurses’ well-being 2 . Understanding patients’ needs, feelings, and their situation is the essential nursing tasks and empathy is the basis for this understanding. Therefore, highlight