The purpose of this study is to examine the perception levels of staff nurses to the head nurse's role expectation and role performance.
Also this study is to examin the relationships between the age, education levels, career and satisfaction to the head nurse's role performance of staff nurse's generally and the head nurse's role expectation and role performance.
This study was based on 29 staff nurses who work in two university hospitals in Chungnam and JonBuk and in three general hospitals in Chungnam.
The data was collected through questionnaires from August 1st to August twentieth, 1989.
Data analysis included Mean, S.D(standard deviation). Percentage and paired t-test.
@ES The findings of this study are as follows :
@EN 1. There were significant differences between the head nurse's role expectation and role performance and the head nurse's role items (P<. 001).
2. There were significant differences between the appreciation by the staff nurses of the head nurse's role expectation and her role performace. (Direct patient-care role, patient-care management role, nursing staff management role, operational
management role, role of education and study.) (P<.001).
3. The relationship between the general characteristics of respondents and the head nurse's role expectation and role performence
1) There were significant differences between the statl nurse's age and the head nurse's role expectation and her role performance(P<.001).
2) There were significant differences between the staff nurse's educational levels and the head nurse's role expectation of them and their the role performance including the nursing college and nursing university (P<. 001). (except for the
graduate
school)
3) There were significant differences between the staff nurse's actual career and the head nurse's role expectation and role performance (P<. 001).
4) There were significant differences between satisfaction with the head nurse's role-performance and her role expectation and role performace (P<. 001) (except for the "very satisfied" group.)
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