Abstract: In each field of work, the performance became the final value which became a measure of one's success in carrying out their work without exception the nurse profession. For that matter, this study aims to know the factors that influence nurse performance. The work environment is the atmosphere of the location when a job is done either in a permanent or non-permanent place then physically and non-physically, the work environment is one of the factors that can improve performance and a good and pleasant work environment can do every job well. Then work stress is also a factor that can affect a person's performance, someone with a high level of work stress will find it difficult to achieve good performance and vice versa. This study examined respondents in one hospital in Indonesia and involved 160 respondents using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method. This study examined three hypotheses, namely the influence of the work environment on nurse performance and work stress and the effect of work stress on performance with work stress was also an intervening variable between the relationship between the work environment and nurse performance. The results of this study indicate that the work environment has an influence on work stress and work performance and stress has an influence on performance and in this study shows that work stress is also an intervening variable in the relationship of work environment with performance.

Keywords: Work Environment, Job Stress, Nurse Performance, Intervening Variable

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2019.6110