This study was performed to measure the level of nursing tasks and practice environment of nursingwork (PENW) perceived by nurses working on comprehensive wards or general wards, and to investigate the relationship between these two variables.
The scores for nursing tasks (performance, importance, and knowledge) perceived by nurses working on comprehensive wards were higher than nurses on general wards. The score for PENW perceived by nurses working on comprehensive wards was significantly higher than that of nurses on general wards. For comprehensive ward nurses, there was a relationship between nursing tasks and PENW, but no relationship was found for general wardnurses.