A growing older adult population requires educational programs which prepare nursing
students to care for and increase their interest in working with this population. Faculty at a …

Background With an aging population, it is critical that nurses are educated and prepared to
offer quality healthcare to this client group. Incorporating gerontology content into nursing …

Background With a rapidly growing population of older adults in the US, nurses are needed
to provide quality gerontological nursing care. However, few nursing students plan to …

Relatively few nursing students choose to specialize in geriatric nursing. While increased
clinical exposure and improved knowledge of the elderly have been proposed to manage …

Changes in nursing students' perceptions of and preferences for working with the elderly
population after completion of a bachelor's program in nursing science were examined …

Nursing education programs have a responsibility to prepare future nurses to care for the
growing number of older adults who will be accessing health care services. Preparation …

Background The exponential rise in people living longer but requiring residential care is
adding pressure to already overstretched aged care nurses. Consequently, a person …

Preparing nurses to meet the care needs of an expanding aging population is a challenge
for nursing. Student experience in long-term care is typically limited to initial practicums …

baumbusch j., dahlke s. & phinney a.(2012) Nursing students' knowledge and beliefs about
care of older adults in a shifting context of nursing education. Journal of Advanced …

Preparing nurses to care for a growing population of older adults is one of the most
significant challenges for nursing education. The purpose of the current study was to …