Tujuan penelitian: Tujuan penelitian ini ialah mengetahui adanya hubungan antara stres kerja shift malam dan kinerja perawat pelaksana di ruang rawat inap Rumah Sakit Wava Husada Kepanjen, Kabupaten Malang. Metode: Desain penelitian ini ialah penelitian korelasional dengan sampel 30 perawat yang bekerja di ruang rawat inap RS Wava Husada tahun 2014, menggunakan teknik purpose sampling. Hasil data dianalisis dengan uji statistik, yaitu Fisher probability exact test. Hasil:  Sebagian besar perawat shift malam berada pada klasifikasi stres ringan, yaitu 16 perawat atau sebanyak 53,3 persen. Sebagian besar berada pada klasifikasi baik (23 perawat atau sebanyak 76,7 persen). Diskusi: Petugas kesehatan disarankan untuk mengetahui efek stres kerja terhadap kinerja perawat sebagai upaya untuk meningkatkan kinerja perawat. Simpulan: Ada hubungan antara stres kerja shift malam dan kinerja perawat pelaksana.

Kata Kunci : kinerja, shift malam, stres kerja.

Objective: This study is aimed at identifying the correlation between stress due to night-shift work and nurse performance in providing nursing care at inpatient wards of Wava Husada Hospital, Kepanjen, Malang Regency. Methods: This study employed correlational design with a sample size of 30 nurses working at inpatient wards of Wava Husada Hospital in 2014 and taken using purpose sampling. Data were analyzed with using Fisher probability exact test. Results: This study indicated that 16 nurses (53.3%) working the night-shift were low level of stress. Most of nurses (23 nurses or 76.7%) were in the category of good. Discuss: It is recommended that healthcare workers know the effects of work-related stress on nurse performance in order to increase nurse performance.  Conclusion: It can be concluded that there is a correlation between stress due to night-shift work and nurse performance.

Keywords: performance, night-shift, work-related stress.