Factors affecting the performance of public health nurses in family nursing care

Objective

To determine factors that influence the nurses’ performance in family nursing care in public health centers in Jambi City.

Method

A cross-sectional study was conducted from April to October 2016 using questionnaire with public health nurses as participants. The survey included questions on knowledge, attitude, self-confidence, motivation, personality, and nurses’ performance in family nursing care, and was completed by 114 nurses. Data analyses used for this study were chi-square test and logistic regression.

Results

The factors affecting the nurses’ performance in family nursing care were attitudes (p 0.003; 95% CI 1.583–9.823), motivation (p 0.002; 95% CI 1.672–9.972), and personality (p 0.005; 95% CI 1.466–8.830).

Conclusions

Need efforts to improve the attitude, motivation, and personality of nurses in providing family nursing care, such as training, supervision, and rewards.