The Relationship Between Occupational Exhaustion and Job Performance Among Nurses Working in Educational Centers of Alborz University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Nurses includes a large part of the human resources of the health system, which plays an important role in continuing care and promotion of health, and affects the productivity of nursing staff throughout the organization. In this issue, the current survey aimed to investigate the relationship between occupational exhaustion and job performance among nurses working in educational centers of Alborz University of Medical Sciences. Material and Methods: A descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 216 nurses from selected educational centers of Alborz University of Medical Sciences between September 2015 and March 2016. To collect data, two standard questionnaires of Copenhagen occupational exhaustion and job performance were used. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient under the SPSS v.19 program and at the significance level of less than 0.05. Results: The results of this study showed that there was a significant relationship between job exhaustion with dimensions (p = 0.013, r = -0.187), incentive (p = 0.009, r = -0.187) and validity (p = 0.027, r = -0.163). There is a significant relationship between job performance. The finding also showed that there is a significant relationship between occupational exhaustion and occupational exposure (p = 0.010, r = -0.189). Conclusion: Due to the direct relationship between occupational exhaustion and nursing practice, it is necessary to provide hospital managers with tools to improve nursing job exhaustion in the hospitals