Individual Characteristics, Motivation its Related on Patient Safety Nurse Performance at Private Hospital in Indonesia

BACKGROUND: Occupational safety is the most common issue in health services. The purpose of this study was for individual characteristics, intrinsic, and extrinsic motivation on the performance of nurses in patient safety. METHODS: This research is a correlation. The study was conducted in June–October 2021 at the Sembiring Hospital. The sample of this study consisted of 175 nurses with simple random sampling. The instruments used are the individual characteristics questionnaire, intrinsic motivation questionnaire and extrinsic motivation questionnaire, and performance questionnaire. The intrinsic motivation questionnaire has a Content Validity Index validity test value of 1 and a Cronbach’s alpha reliability test value of 0.88, the extrinsic motivation questionnaire has a Content Validity Index validity test value of 0.97, and a Cronbach’s alpha reliability test value of 0.81. The performance questionnaire has a validity test value content validity Index 1 and Cronbach’s alpha reliability test value 0.90. RESULT: The results showed that there was an effect (p < 0.05) gender (p = 0.00; RR = 4.76), age (p = 0.00; RR = 0.52), work time (p = 0.00; RR = 10.12), marriage status (p = 0.00; RR = 4), responsibility (p = 0.00; RR = 3.72), achievement (p = 0.00; RR = 19.12), work result (p = 0.00; RR = 23.54), self-actualization (p = 0.01; RR = 10.07), work relationship (p = 0.00; RR = 4.77), work procedure (p = 0.00; RR = 17.31), and supervision (p = 0.00; RR = 4.82) on the nurse’s performance in patient safety. There was no effect (p > 0.05) graduated (p = 0.91; RR = 1.20), self-development (p = 0.15; RR = 2.46), salary (p = 1.30; RR = 2.46), work condition (p = 0.29; RR = 1.90), and insurance (p =1; RR = 0.99) on the nurse’s performance in patient safety. CONCLUSIONS: The importance of strengthening self-character, namely, individual characteristics, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to improve the performance of nurses to increase the provision of professional and optimal nursing care services.