“Older People Have Lived Their Lives”: First year nursing students’ attitudes to older people (original) (raw)
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Older people have lived their lives': First year nursing students' attitudes towards older people
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Background & Aim: The world's older adult population is increasing and is expected to increase in the future. Ageism is one of the difficulties older adults experienced. Nursing students as a candidate for the nursing profession will frequent contact with older adults. Ageism attitudes among nursing students are essential for this reason. This study aims to determine the attitudes of nursing students toward ageism and the factors affecting it. Method & Materials: The study was cross-sectional, and the data were collected from January to February 2019. The study included 509 students. A demographic data form and the Ageism Attitude Scale were used to collect data. Results: The mean age of the participants was 20.94±1.30 years and 439 (86.2%) participants were female. Female nurse students show lower ageist attitudes than males (p<0.001) and between the year of study and attitudes to ageism (p = 0.001). A statistically significant difference was found between nurse students caring for older people and those not caring for older people and attitudes to ageism (p<0.001). Conclusion: In nursing students, giving care to older people during their education, and having lived with an older relative should be considered to reduce ageism. We offer that nurse curriculums revised to reduce ageism according to factors affecting attitudes to ageism.
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Attitudes Toward Aging: Implications for a Caring Profession
Journal of Nursing Education, 2009
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Senior Nursing Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceived Competency about Older Adults
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Background: Nurses entering the workforce may have limited education in gerontological nursing. Therefore, many nurses are unprepared to provide quality care to older adults. An unprepared nursing workforce could negatively influence older adults' health outcomes and care experience. Purpose: To determine differences in senior nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, and perceived competency about older adults based on enrollment in a bachelor of science in nursing degree (BSN), associate's degree nursing (ADN), and practical nursing (PN) program that offers geriatric content in curricula. Theoretical Framework: Bandura's social cognitive theory, triadic reciprocal determinism model provided the theoretical framework. Methods: A non-experimental, descriptive survey design with a convenience sample of students enrolled in a BSN, ADN and PN program. A total of 178 students participated in this dissertation study. Palmore Facts on Aging Quiz 2, Kogan's Attitudes Toward Old People Scale, and the Hartford Geriatric Nurse Competency tool was used to collect data. Results: Students enrolled in BSN, ADN, and PN programs demonstrated limited knowledge about facts on aging. Students' attitudes toward older adults were positive, and a correlation was found between knowledge and attitudes. Students perceived competency about older adults were high, but purely subjective. Students' preference to work with older adults post graduation in the PN group were higher compared with students in both the BSN and ADN group. Conclusions: This study underscore the need to systematically design an evidence-based curriculum inclusive of geriatric content across (BSN, ADN, and PN) programs to prepare the future nursing workforce to care for older adults. vi Acknowledgements First, I give honor to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is because of his love, mercy, and enduring power that this scholarly seed was sown into my heart, watered along the way, and now the evidence. To my dearly beloved mother, the late Marie Odom, who nurtured me unconditionally. She believed that I could do anything that I set out to do; therefore, I believed, too. To my father, the late Socrates Odom, a warrior who fought a good fight of faith, which influenced my resilience. To my husband, elder Randall Brabham, thank you for your love, support, and commitment during my educational endeavors. To our daughters, son, daughter in-law, sons in law, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, I love you all to life and challenge each of you to follow your heart and never give up on your dreams and goals. Remember, the race is not given to the swift nor the strong, but he who endures until the end (Ecclesiastes 9:11). To my 14 siblings, the entire Jones family, Philippian community church family, BFF committee, and colleagues at Florida State College, thank you all for your amazing support while, at times, multitasking to stay connected. Finally, to my extraordinary Dissertation Chair, Dr. Cynthia Fletcher, for without your exceptional leadership, acts of caring, sharing of your time and high level of expertise, this dissertation study would be futile. An enormous appreciation to Dr. Ronald Chenail for your impeccable clarity, distinct knowledge, and for inspiring me to stay the course. To Dr. William Ganza, a friend and professional colleague, thank you for taking my calls repeatedly and for sharing your high level of knowledge and expertise. Through this entire process, I discovered my voice while in pursuit of knowledge about humanity and science. As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another (Proverbs 27:17). Now let's get to work! viii Chapter Three.
International Archives of Nursing and Health Care
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