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This study was done in an attempt to reveal those factors interfering with the observation study. Three trained(1 research assistants collected data by observing the two occupational health nurses working in the smail scale enterprises on the 3rd and 10th of February, 199~). The first observation was performed on the 3rd of February without observation guidance. Guidance was give during the second observation on the 10th of - February These data were compared between reporters in nursing services of Workplace visiting Health counselling and Blood pressure checking according to nursing time and frequency. These areas were chosen because these activities were regarded as clearly by observers in contrast t the other performances.

The data showed inconsistency between reporters, However, they were reduced when reporters observed nurses with guidance. although there were still minor differences between data in time and frequency. Discussions were carried out to find possible reasons for these differences. The causes were mainly attributed to the difficulty in workplace conditions to observe, the work specificity of nurses visiting each workplace and the delicate situation between nurses and observers when reporters were travelling in the nurse a car.

Therefore, the results suggest that the observation method applied to the nursing service research at small-scale enterprises should be more concerned about the selection of appropriate workplace and operational definition of nursing activity in order to more precisely measure nurses attitudes.