Factors related to nursing performance in South Korean intensive care units.
AIM
The purpose of this study was to investigate potential factors that influence nursing performance in South Korean intensive care units (ICUs).


BACKGROUND
As nursing performance is directly related to patient outcomes in the ICU setting, identifying factors related to nursing performance at various levels could contribute to improving those outcomes.


METHOD
A cross-sectional descriptive design was employed with a convenience sample of 177 nurses having worked at least 6 months in an ICU. Data were collected from 2 to 16 March 2018.


RESULTS
Workplace incivility from supervisors and patients and their families was negatively related to nursing performance, whereas a relation-oriented culture and task-oriented culture were positively related to nursing performance. The factors that predicted nursing performance were nurse age and a task-oriented culture.


CONCLUSION
Based on study findings, hospitals should focus on mitigating workplace incivility to help improve the nursing performance. Also, hospitals should develop strategies to assess organizational culture and foster relation- and task-oriented culture to maximize nursing performance.
['Cha|Chiyoung|C|https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0115-1348', 'Sung|Choa|C|https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3286-5119']
D000328:Adult D002983:Clinical Competence D064648:Critical Care Nursing D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies D005260:Female D006801:Humans D007362:Intensive Care Units D008297:Male D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital D015279:Organizational Culture D056910:Republic of Korea D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires D017132:Workplace D055815:Young Adult
intensive care units organizational culture nursing care professional practice workplace violence