The effect of nurses' energy levels on job performance

This study was conducted in a descriptive and relationship-seeking type to examine the relationship between nurses' energy levels and job performance. Within the scope of this purpose, data collection tools consisting of Personal Information Form, Human Energy Scale and Job Performance Scale for Nurses have been applied in a private and a public hospital operating in Istanbul between June 2019 - August 2020, and the questionnaire has been filled out by a total of 277 nurses. The research data has been analyzed using the SPSS program. The research participants are between the ages of 26-30 and 53.4% of them are nurses. The average age is 29 and 77.3% of them are female nurses. In addition, it has been determined that 73.6% do not have children, 81.2% have undergraduate degree, 66.8% chose the profession willingly and finally 51.3% do it fondly. When compared to other studies available in the literature, the results of the analysis show that the energy levels of nurses are relatively low compared to those working in companies operating in other sectors, while their job performance levels are relatively high. It has been concluded that the nurses' energy levels did not differ according to variables such as age, gender, marital status, educational status, number of children, institution, department worked, the number of shifts per month, the status of willingly choosing and doing voluntarily. On the other hand, it has observed that the mental energy levels of the nurses always working in the daytime are higher than their colleagues working in shifts, and similarly, the scores they have got from the emotional energy scale measuring negative emotional state are lower than the nurses working in shifts (p <0.05). Moreover, the scores of the nurses, who are never on duty at work, performance scale and care coordination, help and support to patients, and contribution to work sub-dimensions are statistically significant and higher than other nurses (p <0.05), on the other hand, the scores obtained from the nursing job performance scale do not differ according to the variables. Finally, as a result of the correlation and regression analysis, it has been concluded that the human energy level for nurses does not have a statistically significant effect on the job performance level of nurses. As a result of the multiple linear regression analysis performed to determine the effects of the sub-dimensions, it has been found that the effects of the scores obtained from the mental energy, physical energy and emotional energy sub-dimensions of the human energy scale on job performance are statistically significant (p <0.05). Keywords: Energy Level, Job Performance, Nurse.