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The article describes the perceptions of registered nurses about geriatric rehabilitation nursing and their views on their own role in this process. The data were collected with a structured questionnaire from four Danish hospitals. In addition to basic background information, the instrument included 88 items with five preset response options. The questionnaire was handed out to 200 registered nurses, with a (135) response rate of 67.5 %. Various statistical methods were applied in data analysis. The results show that nurses understand their profession as being implicitly rehabilitative, which is best manifested in their working with a multidisciplinary team in the rehabilitation process. They also recognized that geriatric rehabilitation nursing requires specific knowledge and skills. Rehabilitation is perceived as a goal-oriented process in which it is necessary to establish and evaluate patient goals. However, large numbers admitted that they were generally unaware of these goals and that when goals were identified, they were not consistently reviewed and updated. Nurses who had graduated after 1990 showed a more critical attitude towards the actions of the rehabilitation team, including its approach to goal-oriented work, patient motivation and evaluation of goal attainment. The results of the study provide useful clues for further investigations into the nurse's role in geriatric rehabilitation.

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