Abstract
This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in the government tertiary care hospital in Male’, Maldives. The main objective of this study was to ascertain the relationship between independent variables and nursing performance and to identify the factors which may predict nursing performance. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaire and total of 238 registered nurses participated in this study. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression were used for data analysis. The results show that overall task performance as perceived by nurses were at higher level and overall contextual performance were at moderate level. There were correlations between nursing performance and self-efficacy (p<.01), collective efficacy (p<.01). The optimism and competency significantly predicted nurse job performance (p<.01), as did commitment (p<.05), Social support (p<.01) and job autonomy and decision making (p<.05). It is recommended that hospital administration and nursing administration to formulate interventions to improve nurses’ optimism and competency, commitment, social support, job autonomy and decision making.
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