title: A study of determining factors affecting the performance of nurses based on the achieve model in selected hospital of Isfahan (Iran).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The achieve uses 7 variables: ability; clarity; help; incentive; evaluation; validity; and environment, to provide leaders and staffs with the necessary tools to improve performance, and help managers to determine cause of performance problem. And create change strategy for solving those problems. We try to determine factors affecting the performance of nurses, base on this model in selected hospital of Isfahan (Iran).
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a descriptive-correlation survey. The population of study was 85 nurses of 9 hospitals in Esfahan. Data gathering was done via achieve questionnaire. Reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha (r = 0.85). Data analysis was done by using SPSS 16.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The ability and help variables were the most important factors in improving performance of nurses and validity and evaluation were less important.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  [corrected] Today, staff effectiveness is one of the important problems in health care organization. In fact, performance improvement is the most important step for organization improvement.
authors.affiliation: Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yaghoubi
authors.forename: Marzieh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Javadi
authors.forename: Fariba
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rakhsh
authors.forename: Mohamadkarim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahadori
keywords: Achieve model; nurses; performance improvement