A comparison of nurse teachers’ and student nurses’ attitudes toward hospitalised older adults

McLafferty, Ella

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2005.04.007

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“…The majority of these studies concluded that most nursing students have little knowledge and interest in working with older people [4,8,10,11] . Furthermore, it is known that the quality of care is influenced by the ageism and attitudes of healthcare workers towards older people [12][13][14] . This attitude may be affected by personal experiences with older people or either the role of education can have a positive or negative influence on nurses' attitudes [5,15,16] .…”

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“…Therefore, measuring and improving nursing students' attitudes toward aging is essential to increase the number of nursing students who desire to work with this population. Education can play an important role in the development of a positive attitude toward older people when teachers are aware of their function as role model [13,14] . Previous studies found that students who had more experiences and interaction with older people also had more positive attitudes and a higher level of knowledge [6,15,18] .…”

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Dutch nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes towards older people - A longitudinal cohort study

Bleijenberg

2012

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Background: Due to changing demographics in the population, the majority of current nursing students will work mostly with older people after graduation. It is known that most nursing students have little knowledge and interests in working with older people. There is a growing need for motivated nurses to provide care for older people as the quality of care is influenced by their attitudes. The objective of this study is to investigate Dutch nursing students' knowledge of and attitudes toward older people and their willingness to work with older people and how this knowledge and attitudes changes after three years education. Methods:A longitudinal cohort study with follow-up among 113 first-year Dutch nursing students pursuing a Bachelor's degree was conducted. Data for this study was collected with three instruments. Knowledge of the first-year students was assessed with Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz. Students' attitudes were measured with the Aging Semantic Differential scale and Kogan's Attitudes toward Older People scale. The same measurements were also obtained three years later when they were fourth-year nursing students. The first data collection started in 2005. The follow-up period took place between 2008 and 2009. Results:The results show that the nursing students have a moderate knowledge level about older people: first-year students answered less than half of the questions correctly and after three years, almost half of the questions were answered properly. The attitude of the students toward older people on the ASD changed from slightly negative to neutral after three years of education. The attitude of nursing students on the OP changed from moderately neutral to slightly positive. Few first and fourth-year students (2.7% and 3.7%) were interested in working with older people after their nursing education. Most students (72.8%) indicated that working with older people would be as satisfying as working with younger people. Conclusion:Nursing students are not well prepared for working with predominately older people. Education should focus on increasing positive working experiences with older people. Revision and improvement in the curricula might be needed to enhance the knowledge and attitudes of the Dutch nursing students.

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Dutch nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes towards older people - A longitudinal cohort study

Bleijenberg

2012

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“…Studies have also demonstrated that gerontological content can have a positive effect on student nurses' attitudes towards older patients. 8,17,28 In this study, one core concept of nursing ethics, self-determination, which is often also known as autonomy, 39 was selected in order to investigate the change in nursing students' perceptions of elderly patients in long term care. This topic is important because in nursing care situations the degree to which a patient participates in his or her care depends on the nursing staff.…”

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Nursing Students' Perceptions of Self-Determination in Elderly People

Välimäki

Haapsaari²,

Katajisto

et al. 2008

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The purpose of this study was to compare nursing students' perceptions of self-determination in elderly patients before and after clinical training in long term care institutions as a part of their course in gerontological nursing. A pre- post-test design was employed. The data were collected by questionnaires completed by students at one nurse education organization college in Finland (pre-test n +/- 120, response rate 95%; post-test n +/- 115, response rate 91%). The students' perceptions of elderly patients' self-determination were more positive after their clinical training period concerning to what extent elderly patients are able to control their treatment and what kind of support they received from nurses to exercise their self-determination. The students' perceptions remained stable concerning how important self-determination is to elderly patients, and how willing and knowledgeable they are about using their self-determination. Ethics teaching, together with high quality clinical training placements, should be assured early during nursing studies.

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“…Jinks [9] purports nurse educators in the United Kingdom (U.K.) may act as role models for student nurses and through imitation of caring professional teaching behaviours student nurses may deliver care following the model displayed by educators when caring for patients. McLafferty [10] investigated nurse educators'…”

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“…McLafferty [10] compared the attitudes of student nurses to those of nurse teachers towards working with hospitalised older adults. The results indicated nurse teachers were more positive than the student nurses studied on a number of items concerning care of elderly people.…”

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Nursing students’ attitudes toward patient-centred care in the United Kingdom

Jinks¹,

Cotton²,

Murphy³

et al. 2013

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Background: Respecting the uniqueness of each individual as part of person-centred approach is central to the provision of high quality nursing care. Valuing people as individuals with different needs and aspirations are attitudes to care-giving that student nurses need to develop. There is however, a scarcity of literature which focuses on assessment of student nurses' patient-centred attitudes. Aim:To examine patient-centred attitudes among pre-registration nursing students. Design:A validated survey tool developed by Rolfe was used to measure the patient centred attitudes of nursing students in a U.K. University. Methods:The patient-centred attitudes of 149 student nurses were measured using a Patient-Centred Multi-Choice Questionnaire. Standard descriptive analyses were performed.Results: Female student nurses (n=119) undertaking undergraduate pre-registration nurse education, 20-to 29-years-old and in their third year of study dominated the sample group. The mean Patient-Centred Multi-Choice Questionnaire scores for the majority of the sample groups fell within the noticeably therapeutic attitude range. Those that scored highest within the noticeably therapeutic attitude range were males, under 20-years-old, second-year students and students studying children's health. Conclusion:The relatively high levels of patient-centred attitudes which were evidenced, particularly the results from the male students, is reassuring. The conclusions drawn have implications for nurse recruitment strategies, assessment of prospective student patient-centred attitudes and the teaching, learning and assessment strategies deployed by nurse educators.

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A comparison of nurse teachers’ and student nurses’ attitudes toward hospitalised older adults

Cited by 35 publications

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Dutch nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes towards older people - A longitudinal cohort study

Dutch nursing students’ knowledge and attitudes towards older people - A longitudinal cohort study

Nursing Students' Perceptions of Self-Determination in Elderly People

Nursing students’ attitudes toward patient-centred care in the United Kingdom

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