Changing Nursing Students' Attitudes About Aging: An Argument For The Successful Aging Paradigm

Ferrario, Catherine G.; Freeman, Florida J.; Nellett, Gaile; Scheel, Jeanne

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“…Because they are likely to meet sickly older adults in acute care facilities, their perceptions are often based on unwell and fragile older adults. [7,20] This situation is similar to reports regarding nurses working in acute or long-term care settings, who develop negative attitudes toward older patients. [6,20,21] Unfortunately, one report showed that nearly half of nursing students never received specific information about aging as part of their education.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…[7,21] Given the opportunity to acquire knowledge about, gain experience with, and realize the importance of elder care, nursing students can replace negative attitudes with more objective (positive) views. The finding of a significant effect of the gerontology course on negative attitudes also supports the utility of the triadic theory of attitude [8] which states that objective knowledge and experience of the common phenomena of aging can change people's cognition and feelings.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[4,5] Other studies similarly showed that negative attitudes toward the elderly among nursing students have affected students' work preferences. [6,7] Attitudes are defined as a learned predisposition toward a target (object or person) that has been formed from previous experiences. For better understand the attitude concept, the Triadic Model of Attitudes, which is commonly used in social psychology has been applied.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Can education change attitudes toward aging? A quasi-experimental design with a comparison group

Lee

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Greiner

2015

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Background: Widespread negative attitudes toward aging in the U.S. are obstacles to training care providers and providing high quality care. Studies identifying educational effects on attitudes toward older people are still inconclusive. Objective: To examine the impact of learning experiences on university student attitudes toward older people. Methods: Design: A quasi-experimental design with a comparison group study. A total of 147 students registered in nursing and non-nursing programs completed three instruments measuring attitudes toward aging at three month intervals. All nursing students in the study were undertaking gerontology nursing course. Results: All participants expressed more positive attitudes in direct measures than indirect measures. Nursing students taking this gerontology course had significantly lower negative attitudes and negative feelings toward older adults, lower anti-age bias, and improvement in pro-age bias over time as compared to non-nursing students. Conclusions: The findings suggest that: 1) improved knowledge and clinical experience of aging reduce negative attitudes and are fundamental steps in developing positive attitudes for caring for older adults; and 2) comparative research using multiple measures provides a better understanding of attitudes toward older people.

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“…Working experience and increasing nursing students' contact with older people are essential elements to reach this goal [28,32] .…”

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

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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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“…[16] Despite the potential for nursing programs to intervene towards this end, nursing students in undergraduate programs appear to have limited educational opportunities that could facilitate more positive attitudes toward the elderly. [4,17] Moreover, nursing students are likely to encounter unwell older adults in acute care facilities, thus their perceptions are often based on older adults who are sick and frail, [18,19] potentially exacerbating negative perceptions of the elderly. This phenomenon has been documented in nurses working in acute or long-term care settings, who also develop negative attitudes toward older patients.…”

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Factors associated with gerontological career choice: The role of curriculum type and students’ attitudes

Lee

Garfin

Vaughn

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Background and objective: Caring for a growing aging population presents a challenge in contemporary health care. This study aims to identify factors associated with nursing student's career choice in older adult care and predictors of attitudes toward older adults. Such information is critical to inform effective gerontological nursing education. Methods: Undergraduate nursing students (N = 411) from three nursing schools in California participated in a cross-sectional, web-based survey. Results: In covariate-adjusted analyses, students who had prior experiences taking gerontology-related courses, working with older adults, living with older adults, being confident in providing older adults care, and having lower negative attitudes toward older adults were more likely to consider a future career in gerontological nursing. Students' confidence in older adult care was negatively correlated with negative attitudes towards older adults. Conclusions: To increase students' career choice in gerontology, nursing schools should provide more gerontology content in nursing curricula and explore avenues to increase student confidence in older adult care.

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Changing Nursing Students' Attitudes About Aging: An Argument For The Successful Aging Paradigm

Cited by 65 publications

References 41 publications

Can education change attitudes toward aging? A quasi-experimental design with a comparison group

Can education change attitudes toward aging? A quasi-experimental design with a comparison group

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

Factors associated with gerontological career choice: The role of curriculum type and students’ attitudes

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