Background: Work related stress has a significant implications for organizations and individuals, which in turn
impacts the job performance of staff nurses. Aim: To assess the relationship between work related stress and job
performance among staff nurses. Methods: A descriptive, correlational design was utilized with a sample of (128) staff
nurses at Dikirnis General Hospital. Tools of data collection were Work Related Stress Questionnaire and Observation
Checklist of Nurses Performance (OCNP ) Results: The majority of studied staff nurses (71.1%) had moderate level of
perception toward work related stress and more than half (56.8%) of studied staff nurses had fair level of job
performance Conclusion: There was no statistically significant correlation between work related stress and job
performance of the studied staff nurses .Recommendations: Establish a committee represented from staff nurses that
discuss nursing staff problems, Continuing education programs for nurses should include topics about work related stress
and its preventive measures to decrease its negative outcomes and Enhance job performance of nurses by creating and
organizing training program on job performance as a managerial skill for head nurses to maintain improving patient care.