Job Performance among Nurses in Pediatric Department (Khartoum State 2015)

Intoduction: Job performance is the effectiveness of the person in carrying out his or her roles and responsibilities related to direct patient care (Leveck& Jones (1996), Abualrub, 2004) This a descriptive correlational study aimed to assess the level of job performance and to examine the relationship between job performance and age, experience and the educational level among professional nurses in pediatricand intensive care units (P& NICUs) in Khartoum state hospital. Method: A descriptive health facility based study, was conducted on 137 nurses in Khartoum State during the period 2013-2015, stratified random sampling was used. Research instrument was composed of two parts: Demographic Data Form and The modified Schwirn Six Dimensions Scale for Nursing Performance was used for data collection (Six-D Scale). Reliabilities of the Six- Dimension Scale was checked. Mean, standard deviation, one sample (t) test and Pearson's correlation were used for data analysis. Results: Findings showed that: overall job performances were at above average level in the neonatal units and below average in other department. There were no statistically differences according to the age and according to the experience and there was a positive significant relationship between Job performance and level in intensive care units. But there were no statistically differences in the other pediatric department according to age and, the years of experiences,and there was significant differences according to education level and job performance. Data Analysis: Data entry and processing were performed by using the Statistical Package of the Social Science (SPSS) Software, version 16.0. various descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used including Mean ,SD, Student ttest and correlation coefficients logistic regression P value was set at < 0.05 for statistically different variables. Pearson's correlation to examine the relationship, between the variable was conducted. Conclusion: The results of this study can be used in planning work and training programs for professional nurses to ensure high level of job performance.