Factors affecting preregistered nurses' willingness to serve in geriatric long‐term care

Abstract

The world's population is ageing; there will be an estimated 1.4 billion people aged ≥60 years in the world by 2030 and 2.1 billion by 2050 (World Health Organization, 2019). Taiwan is also facing an increasingly aged population and declining birth rates. In 2018, people ≥65 years old constituted 14 per cent of Taiwan's population, making Taiwan an aged society (Ministry of Education, 2017). This has implications in the nursing field, and nursing students need to have geriatric nursing (GN) and long-term care (LTC) competence through initial education in GN and LTC practice settings in Taiwan (Chi et al., 2016). The need for GN/LTC education has been recognized, and it has been included in nursing curricula to enhance nursing students' willingness to serve in GN/LTC and encourage their involvement in care for geriatric and disabled populations.With socioeconomic development and advancements in medical technology, the model of medical cure-to-care education has also changed (Ayoglu et al., 2014). The incorporation of more geriatric LTC (GLTC)-related content in nursing curricula has been recognized as a pressing educational need. Many nursing students are not exposed to the specialized knowledge and skills needed to effectively serve older adults (

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