With increases in life expectancy and increasing numbers of older patients utilising the acute
setting, attitudes of registered nurses caring for older people may affect the quality of care …

The present study examined attitudes and knowledge of 96 first year MSW social work
students toward older adults using the Aging Semantic Differential (ASD) and the Facts on …

Objectives Compassion in nursing and interventions to support it are of international
relevance and concern. Prior care experience as a prerequisite for entry into pre-registration …

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

The literature is replete with diverse studies about gerontological nursing education on the
attitudes of nursing students This study examined the effect of a 3‐year curriculum on …

Undergraduate student interest in aging was examined in relation to age, gender, and
contact with older adults. Interest in aging is conceived of along a continuum, ranging from …

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 …

Background Worldwide, nursing students have reported a preference for working in
intensive care, paediatrics, and operating theatres after graduation, disregarding psychiatry …

Objectives. This paper reports the results of a study that aimed to evaluate the effectiveness
of an educational and experiential intervention on nursing students' attitudes towards older …

The faculty at the University of Missouri–Columbia Sinclair School of Nursing (MUSSON)
developed and implemented a gerontological nursing care course, with support from the …