Geriatric education's effect on nursing students' attitudes toward elderly care

¶ … Geriatric Education on the Attitude of Nursing Students Towards Elderly

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Haron, Y., Levy, S., Albagli, M., Rotstein, R., Riba, S. (2013). Why do nursing

students not want to work in geriatric care? A national questionnaire survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 50(11): 1558-1565.

The purpose of this study was to obtain information regarding the attitudes and views of final-year nursing students towards geriatric nursing as a career option as well as the variables effecting those attitudes and views. The study was conducted in Israel by using a cross-sectional questionnaire method. 486 respondents (roughly 70% of the final-year student nursing population). The questionnaire was distributed to students in their classrooms. The study found that 61% of final-year nursing students had zero interest in working with the elderly. Only 12% of respondents had a positive view of entering into geriatric care. 27% of student respondents asserted that they would consider the career as an option but only after receiving further or advanced training. 69% asserted that if geriatric nursing powers were expanded, they would have a more positive outlook on the field as a possible choice. In terms of gender, men held the most favorable view of geriatric care. Educational type of training did not appear to be a factor. The two main variables were personality (an already established positive view towards elderly persons) and the desire for more control as a nurse.

The study is relevant because it identifies factors that impact the way nursing students perceive geriatric care work and finds different indicators in terms of gender than the study conducted by Lambrinou et al. (2009).

The keywords used in the search were \"nursing education\" and \"geriatric\" and were searched via Google Scholar. The study was retrieved directly from the journal\'s website.

2. Koskinen, S., Slaminen, L., Stolt, M., Leino-Kilpi, H. (2015). The education

received by nursing students regarding nursing older people: a scoping literature review. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 29(1): 15-29.

The purpose of this study was to provide an analysis of empirical studies focusing on the education of nursing students regarding elderly care. The study\'s aim was to give a general view of what previous research on this subject has found and identify gaps in the literature where further research needs to be conducted. Thus, the study employed a scoping literature review using several digital databases (such as MEDLINE and ERIC) with keyword searches limited to studies that contained an abstract, were written in English, and that were composed within the years 1999 and 2012. The study found 66 articles relevant to its purpose and examined learning outcomes of education associated with elderly care and how students attitudes developed towards elderly patients as a result. The study found that most of the research conducted in this field had only a moderate level of validity and/or trustworthiness and that better-designed studies should be conducted in order to identify educational strategies that can be used to help improve the overall attitude of students regarding elderly care.

The study\'s relevance to the topic is clearly evident as it focuses on the exact subject -- namely, studies that have examined geriatric nursing education and the attitudes of students towards the elderly -- and it is helpful because it indicates that gaps exist in the literature regarding validity of studies. This study, therefore, can be used as a guide for future direction.

The source was retrieved by using the keywords \"geriatric nursing education\" and \"nursing attitudes elderly\" in Google Scholar. The source was then retrieved from SAGE database and the search was limited to articles containing an abstract.

3. Kwon, S., Kang, H., Youn, S., Kim, Y. (2016). The convergent influence of knowledge, attitudes toward caring for the elderly and geriatric nursing practice in nursing students. Journal of Digital Convergence, 14(4): 303-314.

The purpose of this study was to locate the relationship between knowledge and attitudes among nursing students towards geriatric care and geriatric patients. It examined the variables that impact geriatric nursing outlooks in nursing students. The study used a sample of 255 nursing students from three schools. Data was analyzed with ANOVA, t-test, Pearson\'s and Stepwise. The study found that the biggest factor in geriatric nursing students positive outlooks toward elderly was a caring attitude. The study concluded that the best way to promote geriatric care in nurses is to promote, foster and cultivate caring attitudes in students.

The study is relevant mainly because it draws a persuasive conclusion from the findings -- namely that the best way that nursing schools can help to generate interest in geriatric care is to cultivate caring instincts and attitudes in the nursing students. This means that students need to be taught to have compassionate and caring feelings and a desire to provide care has to developed in them. Otherwise, they are not likely to want to be geriatric care givers.

The keywords used to find this study were \"nursing students attitude elderly\" and the search was conducted using Google Scholar. The article was retrieved directly from the journal\'s site.

4. Potter, G., Clarke, T., Hackett, S., Little, M. (2013). Nursing students and geriatric

care: the influence of specific knowledge on evolving values, attitudes, and actions. Nurse Education in Practice, 13(5): 449-453.