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. SUMMARY STATEMENT: What is already known about this topic? Nursing performance is an important predictor of patient outcomes in intensive care units.Although multiple factors affect nursing performance, previous studies have addressed those factors only individually or in pairs. What this paper adds? This article assesses multiple factors that influence nursing performance in the intensive care unit setting, including interactional, organizational and societal factors. Among those factors, workplace incivility of supervisors and of patients and their families was negatively correlated with nursing performance.Organizational factors such as relation‐oriented and task‐oriented culture were positively correlated with nursing performance.Greater nurse age and working in a task‐oriented culture predicted greater nursing performance. The implications of this paper: Nursing managers should foster a task‐oriented culture for intensive care unit nurses to enhance their practice performance and thus improve patient outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]