BALI PROVINCE MENTAL HOSPITAL The performance of nurses in inpatient hospital room can be seen from the quality of nursing care provided to patients. Quality nursing care needs to be oriented to better patient outcomes. These conditions can be achieved when supported by adequate human resources in quality and quantity. The performance of nurses is influenced by several factors, such as competence, motivation and load kerja.Tujuan this study was to determine the relationship of competency, motivation and workload with the performance of nurses in the inpatient unit of Bali Provincial Mental Hospital in 2015. This study is observational analytic with cross sectional approach, which describes the relationship of variables in this study. Samples numbered 111 nurses who served in the room Inpatient Mental Hospital Bali Province using total sampling technique. Data was collected by questionnaire and observation sheets, then conducted bivariate test using chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression test. The results showed, competence mostly good (73.9%), motivation mostly good (77.52), most of the heavy workload (73.9%) and the good performance of the majority (82.0%). Bivariate analysis, no association competence with performance (p = 0.000), there is a relationship between motivation and performance (p = 0.000) and there was a marital relationship with performance status (p = 0.095). Multivariate analysis showed that only competence and motivation associated with the performance. Competence is the variable most related to performance, with the value Odds Ratio (OR) 65.38, p = 0.000 and 95% CI 3.64 to 75.12. Workload show bivariate analysis results obtained with the chi-square p value = 0.94 stated no significant correlation between workload with the performance of nurses in Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Bali, but marital status relationship with OR equal to 4, 57 but this association was not statistically significant with p = 0.095. Performance is the appearance of the personnel working both in quality and quantity within an organization. Competence is the factor most associated with the performance of nurses so as to maintain and improve the knowledge, skills and professional attitude of nurses so as to improve the performance of the nurse in the room to implement nursing care, the development of human resources through seminars, workshops, training and development of education in particular in mental health nursing. Keywords: Competency, Motivation, Work Load, Performance, Nurses