Concerned with the effect a learning experience exerts on the nurse, thereby influencing her beliefs and attitudes, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a rehabilitation nursing workshop on registered nurses' attitudes toward their roles in the rehabilitative nursing care of patients with long-term illness. The instrument used to determine the nurses' attitudes consisted of a captioned, line drawing picture packet. Variable selected for study through this projective method included the role of the nurse in self-help activities, in guidance and vocational training, in giving psychological-emotional support, in fostering functional independence, in promoting range of joint motion, in care of the patient with long-term illness, in promoting the therapeutic program, in promoting proper positioning and correct body alignment, and in promoting the team concept. Sixty registered nurses who participated in four-week rehabilitation nursing workshops were tested before and after completion of the workshop. Responses were rated on a five-point positive-negative continuum and pre- and postworkshop scores were compared. Statistical analysis revealed a significant positive change in attitude in all areas with the exception of the role of the nurse in providing psychological-emotional support. When scores were examined with respect to age, educational background, and experience, age was the only variable found to be related to change.