Daily life activities simulation: Improving nursing students' attitudes toward older patients

Abstract

AimThis study aims to evaluate the effects of daily life activities simulation on the attitudes of first‐year nursing students toward older adults within the scope of geriatric nursing.MethodsThe study was carried out using a pretest‐posttest, quasi‐experimental design. First‐year undergraduate students (N = 119) of a nursing faculty constituted the study sample. The students were divided into two groups as intervention and control groups. The intervention group performed the daily life activities simulation. Data were collected by using Kogan's Attitudes Towards old People Scale (KAOP) and Positive and Negative Ageism Scale (PNAS). SPSS Ver. 22.00 software was used for statistical analysis. Chi‐square test, and t test were used for comparative statistics.ResultsMost of the participants were female, and mean age was 20.96 ± 3.24. Intergroup comparison of the KAOP and PNAS scores reveals a statistically significant difference between the pretest and posttest scores for the simulation group (p ˂ .05). The posttest KOAP and PNAS scores of the simulation and control groups were statistically significantly different (p ˂ .05).ConclusionDaily life activities simulation is an effective method to improve nursing students' positive attitudes toward older adults. Participant feedback from our study shows that the simulation increased empathy and awareness of geriatric nursing.

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