Background: Non-technical skills (NTS) are social, cognitive and personal skills that can
enhance staff nurses to carry out technical skills, tasks and procedures. Aim: The study aimed
to assess contribution of non-technical skills on nurses' performance efficiency of nursing care
process in Intensive Care Units. Design: Descriptive correlation research design was used in
the study. Setting: the study was conducted at El Mahala El-kobra General Hospital which
affiliated to the Ministry of Health and Population. The subjects: all (N= 200) available
nurses at intensive care units who are working at the time of data collection were included in
the study. Tools: Data was collected by using two tools. 1) Nurses' performance of nursing
process observational checklist. 2) Non-technical skills of nurses' questionnaire. Results: The
result showed that more than two- thirds (71.0%) of nurses had satisfied level in performing
total technical skills and less than two -thirds (63%) of nurses had satisfied level in total non –
technical skills. Conclusion: There was significant positive correlation between overall
observed nurses' technical skills and their overall non-technical skills. Recommendation:
establishing specific unit policies, procedures and standards of nursing technical and nontechnical
skills, conducting training programs to cover all technical and non-technical skills,
and integrate non-technical skills into the nursing curriculum.