Impact of Perceived Importance to Rehabilitation Nursing, Role Conflict, and Working Environment on Performance of Rehabilitation Nursing of Nurses in Rehabilitation Hospitals

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among perceived importance to rehabilitation nursing, role conflict, working environments, and the performance of rehabilitation nursing in rehabilitation hospitals nurses. Methods: The participants in this study were 254 nurses from 8 rehabilitation hospitals. Data was collected using a self administered questionnaire. Collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis with the SPSS 24.0 program. Results: Each average score of performance of rehabilitation nursing, perceived importance to rehabilitation nursing, role conflict, working environment were 3.27±0.46, 4.16±0.46, 3.62±0.63, 2.54±0.46. The factors influencing the performance of rehabilitation nursing were the perceived importance to rehabilitation nursing (β=.39, p<.001) and the working environment (β=.19, p=.002). Conclusion: Findings of this study indicate the necessity of strengthening perceived importance of rehabilitation nursing and improving working environment to improve the performance of rehabilitation nursing in rehabilitation hospitals.