scholarly journals NURSING STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE ELDERLY AND AFFECTING FACTORS

2021 ◽  
Vol LI (LI) ◽  
pp. 1296-1308
Author(s):  
Evrim ÇELEBİ- Fatoş UNCU
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Affecting Factors ◽  
Students Attitudes

COMPARISON OF NURSING STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD THE ELDERLY IN NORWAY AND THE UNITED STATES

1995 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann McCracken ◽  
Evelyn Fitzwater ◽  
Margaret Lockwood ◽  
Torunn Bjork
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Students Attitudes

Relationship Between Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Elderly Discrimination and Opinions About Home Care Services

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meltem Meriç ◽  
Gül Ergün ◽  
Ganna Pola ◽  
Meral Dölek ◽  
Burcu Totur Dikmen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Home Care Services ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Attitudes Toward Elderly ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Students Attitudes

The determination of nursing students’ attitudes toward elderly discrimination and their opinions about home care is important in that it will affect the quality of care provided to elderly individuals in their homes by the students in the future. For this reason, the aim of this study was to determine relationship between nursing students’ attitudes toward elderly discrimination and their opinions about home care services. This descriptive study was conducted with a total of 318 students from a university nursing faculty during the fall semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. Data for the study were collected using the Home Care Services Evaluation Questionnaire and the Ageism Attitude Scale. It was found that there was a positively significant but weak relationship between the students’ age discrimination scale total score and the positive discrimination subdimension score, and their opinions about home care services ( p < .001). Students’ attitudes toward elderly discrimination were found to make a statistically significant contribution to their opinions about home care services. It was ascertained that students’ attitudes toward elderly discrimination affected their opinions about home care services. It is recommended that geriatric nursing and home care nursing lectures be included in the nursing education curriculum, awareness of the importance of the concept of old age and elderly care be increased by establishing internship fields for students in institutions that provide home care for the elderly, and positive attitudes toward the elderly be promoted.

scholarly journals The effect of intervention program on nursing students attitudes regarding ageism

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Lamia A. Awad ◽  
Zainab Hassan Hassan Osman ◽  
Safaa Abdlazem Osman
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes

Background: Nursing positions for older students can affect the quality of care provided to them. The values, perceptions, and beliefs of health care nurses towards the elderly are considered among the underlying causes of prejudice against the elderly.Objective: This study aimed to study the effect of intervention program on the attitudes of students towards Ageism.Methodology: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing -MansouraUniversity using semi-experimental design with prior evaluation of the other to conduct this study. A total number of 110 nursing students attendingMansouraUniversity were included in the study. A self-administered questionnaire and the educational background on aging and care of the elderly using the attitude of Kogan towards the elderly scale were used. A structured educational intervention with gerontology content for students was designed and implemented to raise students ' knowledge, and improve their attitudes toward the ageism. The study was conducted from February 2016 to May 2016.Results: There was a statistically significant difference in total score of negative attitude scale items before and after implementation of gerontology nursing course.Conclusion & recommendation: The educational intervention with gerontology content is valuable in humanizing nursing students' negative attitude toward the ageism. Nurse educators strengthen gerontological content in the nursing curriculum and provide tailored nursing education to reduce ageism among professional nurses as well as dissemination of educational intervention with gerontology content to other nursing students in all specialties inEgypt for further confirmation of the findings.

Jordanian nursing students’ attitudes toward the elderly

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issa M. Hweidi ◽  
Salwa M. Al-Obeisat
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Students Attitudes

scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NURSING AND ELDERLY CARE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS AGEISM

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merve ÇAYIR YILMAZ ◽  
Fatma Zehra İNCE
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Care Program ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Nursing Department

Background: Perceptions of individuals and society about the elderly are reflected in the services provided to them.  These reflections might be revealed   in various fields such as health care services and sufficient job opportunities, or they could be revealed in the issue of discrimination against the elderly, which is a problem emerging in advanced ages.Objective: This study aims to identify the relationship between nursing and elderly care program students’ attitudes towards ageism.Methods: This study, which is descriptive and relational method, was conducted between November and December, 2016. The participants were 220 students. The data were collected through a questionnaire, and the Ageism Attitude Scale, and were analyzed using t-test, two-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).  Findings: Results show that the students generally had positive attitudes towards ageism. Nursing department students received significantly higher scores in the Limiting the Elderly Person’s Life sub-dimension and Ageism Attitude Scale in comparison to Elderly Care Program students.  3rd year nursing department students had higher scores in the Ageism Attitudes Scale in comparison to 1st and 2nd year nursing department students and students in the Elderly Care Program. “Positive Discrimination towards the Elderly” sub-dimension and the “Ageism Attitudes Scale” total scores were found to be significantly higher in nursing department students according to the variable of desire to work in a geriatric service in the future. (p<0.05).Conclusion: This study found that students had positive attitudes towards ageism, and nursing students’ Ageism Attitudes Scale mean scores were higher than those of elderly care program students. More comprehensive studies are needed in order to improve students’ attitudes towards elderly people.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document