ABSTRACT
The objectives of the study were: (1) to determine the relationship between nurses' level of basic training and its influence on their performance; (2) determine factors in nurses' work environment that negatively affect their performance; (3) determine factors in the service conditions of the nurses that influence their performance; (4) assess the level of interpersonal relationship among nurses that influence their performance; (5) assess the level of nurse-client interaction in relation to nurses' performance. Study was carried out by focus group discussion for various grades of nurses and in-depth interviews for individual supervisors. Some of the findings were that professional nurses perform tasks below their level of training; e.g. cleaning wards. Lack of basic facilities like equipment and supplies affect the performance of duty. When other members of the Health Team; for example; doctors; revenue collectors; and orderlies are not at post; nurses are forced to do their work at the expense of the nurses' work. There is lack of continuing education and in-service training and there is undue delay in the selection of nurses for the upgrading of their knowledge and skills