A survey was conducted with 262 commencing nursing students at a South Australian
university, during a compulsory orientation week lecture prior to the first week of their …

This study aimed to identify student nurses' views of older people as a means of offering
insight into how these perceptions might influence where students choose to work and the …

This paper reports an exploratory New Zealand study comparing student nurses' attitudes
towards older people before and after an introductory nursing paper that included …

Objective This systematic review aimed to summarise and update existing knowledge about
ageism among nursing students through the following research question: what is the …

Background. The ageing of the United Kingdom (UK) population means that the care of
older people will become an increasingly important part of nurses' remit. However …

Background. A number of studies have explored nurses' attitudes toward older people.
However many of those have produced inconclusive results. Moreover dated attitudinal …

This study investigates neophyte student nurses' attitudes to working with the elderly through
placing them in relation to attitudes to other nursing career options and by exploring student …

Background Negative perceptions about working with older people within nursing contribute
to the deficit of educators with expertise to teach student nurses, and nurses graduating ill …

Nursing students rate geriatric nursing poorly in career preferences, but aging populations
mean more older people require access to health care. Negative attitudes held by nursing …

Increasing life expectancies and more years spent living with chronic illnesses mean that
increasing numbers of older adults will require nursing care. However, most nurses prefer …