The purpose of this study was to investigate nursing students' knowledge of and attitudes
toward older adults in the first and fourth years of a baccalaureate program, following the …

ABSTRACT The Facts on Aging Quizzes (FAQ) I and II (Palmore, 1977, 1981) were
designed to assess knowledge and to measure misconceptions regarding the elderly. This …

Saudi Arabia is one of the countries showing a dramatic increase in the number of older
people. This increasing number of older people poses a serious challenge to the health care …

Controversy exists as to whether student nurses hold positive or negative feelings toward
the elderly. It is also questionable whether the amount of geriatric and gerontology content in …

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia, like the rest of the world, has a growing older population with
urgent health care needs. However little prior research has been undertaken on this topic. In …

The relationship between certain psychosocial characteristics of 122 baccalaureate nursing
students and their attitudes toward the elderly was determined using multiple stepwise …

The purpose of this study was to determine if two methods of teaching gerontological
nursing led to differences in increasing student knowledge, fostering positive attitudes, and …

This study examines attitudes toward the elderly held by 74 second year associate degree
nursing students before and after spending one hour per week for a semester with an elderly …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a 20-week curriculum specialization in
gerontological social work education and field practice experience was an effective …

This descriptive study examined the relationship between nurses' memory of patient's pain
and patient stereotyping. The patient vignette information recalled by 148 nurses was …