Objective To investigate what prevents undergraduate nursing students from choosing
gerontological nursing as a career option. Design This study utilised an integrative literature …

deschodt m., dierckx de casterlé b. & milisen k.(2010) Gerontological care in nursing
education programmes. Journal of Advanced Nursing66 (1), 139–148. Abstract Title …

Literature reveals difficulties in preparing nurses to care for older people. This article reports
a study that aimed to facilitate positive changes in gerontological education in an …

How to Obtain Contact Hours by Reading This Article Instructions 1.2 contact hours will be
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The aim of this research was to contribute to an understanding about the professionalization
of gerontological nursing. The specific objective was to explore attitudes about older people …

Background and aim Nurse vacancy rates in older adult services are disproportionately high
compared to other areas of nursing. This is partly because few student nurses consider it an …

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 …

Given the rapidly growing older adult population, future nurses should increase their
knowledge and skills in gerontological nursing to deliver high-quality care to older adults …

BACKGROUND: Gerontological nursing is often viewed as unchallenging and is rarely a
positive career choice for student nurses. Issues of recruitment and retention in …

This study aimed to examine nurse students' interest in gerontological nursing and the
factors enhancing and decreasing that interest. The quantitative data was collected in the …