Attitudes toward older people among nursing students and registered nurses in Sweden
Autor: | Siw Merit Gustavsson, Olle Söderhamn, Catharina Lindencrona |
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Rok vydání: | 2001 |
Předmět: |
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Male Adolescent Higher education Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject Nurses Gerontological nursing Statistics Nonparametric Education Geriatric Nursing Nursing Humans Medicine Nurse education General Nursing Primary nursing Aged media_common Sweden Analysis of Variance business.industry Middle Aged Team nursing Feeling Scale (social sciences) Female Students Nursing business Older people Prejudice |
Zdroj: | Nurse Education Today. 21:225-229 |
ISSN: | 0260-6917 |
DOI: | 10.1054/nedt.2000.0546 |
Popis: | Geriatric nursing is generally not considered to be a popular branch of nursing among Swedish nursing students and registered nurses. It is, therefore, important for nurse educators and others with responsibilities for the development of nursing to pay attention to trends of importance for the care of the elderly. Attitudes - conceptualized as feelings, knowledge, and readiness to act - may be one important factor. It has been reported that feelings toward older people may change with experience, age and gender. The aim of this study was to measure feelings toward older people among nursing students and registered nurses. A convenience sample of 151 undergraduate nursing students and 41 registered nurses in Sweden participated in the study. Data were collected through Kogan's Old People scale. The results confirmed earlier findings and showed that limited previous experience of care of older people, age |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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