Evaluation of academic nurses performance at critical care unit in Hillah City/Iraq

Abstract

Nurses performance is the basis of patient safety as nurses can prevent, protect and avoid harm to patients by providing good performance that prevents medical errors in critical care units. The role of nurses is also affected by many of the specific requirements of the work that they need to provide the best nursing performance. The study aimed to assess performance of academic nurses at the point of care. A cross-sectional quantitative study, with non-probability purposive sampling, was adopted and recruited (91) critical-care nurses at Hillah City/Iraq, the data was collected during a period of time that began on July 10, 2021, and finished on September 20, 2021. Data was collected through using the questionnaire format and top up by the researcher and analyzed data through using (SPSS -version 25). The majority of the study sample (56.0%) is within the second age group (25-29) years old, (61.5%) are female, single, have a Baccalaureate degree in nursing, within (1-5) years graduate from nursing, with (1-5 years) experience in nursing, and most of them are living in urban areas. The results indicated that the majority of participants had a good performance, overall mean (2.52).