The Nurse Working Performance in an Indonesian Psychiatric Hospital

Abstract

Psychiatric nurses working in mental hospitals often experience poor performance due to various pressures from their work environment. However, exactly how they performed in the hospital has yet to be discovered. This study aims to determine the picture of the performance of Psychiatric nurses. The study was a study of 85 nurses. The study used the Six-D Scale of Nursing Performance questionnaire to measure nurses’ performance. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results showed that more than half of the nurses performed well, while the rest did poorly. Therefore, hospital management must pay special attention to motivating underperforming nurses to work optimally in treating patients with mental disorders.