DETERMINATION OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL WORKLOAD AND WORK PERFORMANCE IN NURSES

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the relationship between mental workload and and work performance in nurses. The sample population consisted of 405 nurses that working in Turkey. Personal Information Form, Mental Workload Scale and Job Performance Scale were used in data collection. The data were collected via social media between October 2021 and December 2021 with the snowball sampling. In the descriptive analysis number, percentage, mean and standart deviation; in the correlation analysis pearson correlation and simple linear regression were used. According to results, the mental workload and work performance levels of the nurses were high. In addition, there was a positive and weak correlation between the mental workload and the work performance. It was determined that mental workload effected work performance as %12. It is thought that it is necessary to carry out studies to determine the factors that increase the mental workload and decrease the work performance of nurses.