Identification of nursing students’ attitudes toward older people

Bakan, Ayşe Berivan; Arlı, Şenay Karadağ; Varol, Ela

doi:10.1080/10376178.2018.1501276

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“…The few studies that have been published on nursing students in Spanish universities provide data indicating slightly positive scores [ 37 , 38 ]. The scores obtained were similar to those obtained in other studies on nursing students in Europe and the United States [ 39 , 40 , 41 ], and slightly higher than in Asian students [ 42 ]. The cultural background seems to be an important factor, as other studies have also reported more negative scores in Asian countries compared to western countries [ 43 ].…”

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Factors Affecting Attitudes towards Older People in Undergraduate Nursing Students

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Background: The population of older people is increasing worldwide. The social and healthcare systems need many nurses to care for the elderly. Positive attitudes increase the preference to work with older people and improve the quality of care. This study describes attitudes towards the elderly in a sample of nursing students, and analyzes the potential factors influencing these attitudes. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in nursing students during the academic course 2017–2018. Kogan’s Attitude Toward Old People Scale was used to assess student attitudes towards older people. Results: The study included 377 undergraduate nursing students, of which 75.9% were women. The mean age was 22.23 (5.69) years. Attitude proved positive, with a mean Kogan’s score of 131.04 (12.66). Women had higher scores than men, with a mean difference of 7.76 (95% CI: 4.87–10.66; p < 0.001). The male sex, age ≥ 25 years, and previous experience with institutionalized older adults worsened attitudes, while studying the subject of geriatrics, each higher course within the degree, work placements in hospitals and nursing homes, and previous experience with community older adults or with older relatives favored a more positive attitude. Participants with no interest in working with older adults yielded lower scores. Conclusions: Attitudes towards the elderly among nursing students are positive. Women have a more positive attitude. Analyzing the factors that improve attitudes in nursing students is suggested, as it may contribute to improve nursing care.

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“…Previous studies in the literature revealed similar results. [7,26,27] The study suggest that the adoption of the belief that the elderly should be respected depending on the cultural significance of aging in the Turkish society and the region where the study was conducted is effective in reducing discrimination.…”

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“…Empathic tendency in nurses is gaining importance in order to remove the attitudes that increase ageism and to increase the quality of care. [7,8] The empathic tendency is defined asthe willingness to understand and help another person. [9,10] Empathic tendency, which expresses the possibility of developing empathy, is an innate trait, developed by training and it renders the development of empathic attitude of an individual obligatory by creating the emotional dimension of empathy.…”

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Hemşirelerin Empatik Eğilimi ile Yaşlılara Yönelik Ayrımcılık Tutumları Arasındaki İlişkisi

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Journal of Contemporary Medicine

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This study aims to determine the correlation of nurses empathic tendency and ageism attitudes towards older adults Material and Method: A descriptive and correlational with a convenience sample of 132 Turkey nurses was conducted in April-June 2017. Structured question form, Scale of Empathic Tendency and Fraboni Scale of Ageism (FSA) were applied to nurses. Results:The regression model used in the study explains 16% of the factors affecting ageism in nurses. In this model, factors that remained negative attitude toward the elderly were female, obtaining information about the elderly from the media and willingness to care for the elderly (p<0.05). Conclusion:This study found that ageism and empathic tendencies of nurses were at moderate level. It is important to develop the empathic tendencies of nurses in preventing ageism. Accordingly, it can be suggested that nurses' knowledge on this subject should be improved with evidence-based practices.

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“…Hence, it adopts an institutional point of view and includes lots of items which consider the elderly person as a resident. Nursing students' attitudes towards gerontological nursing have been studied using Kogan's KAOP instrument (Kogan, 1961), which has been applied in several international studies (e.g., Bakan et al., 2018; Salin et al., 2020; Söderhamn, et al., 2001). In a previous study, we found gerontological nursing to require a wide range of competencies, such as skills related to caring for, interacting with, and promoting health and well‐being among older people, along with clinical and ethical competence (Tohmola et al., 2020).…”

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Development and psychometric testing of the Gerontological Nursing Competence (GeroNursingCom) instrument

Tohmola

Saarnio

Mikkonen

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Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim: To develop and psychometrically test an instrument-GeroNursingCom-that measures gerontological nursing competence of nursing students. Design: An instrument development guided by COSMIN guidelines. Method: The development and testing of the GeroNursingCom instrument proceeded according to four distinct phases: (a) establishing a theoretical background; (b) testing face and content validity; (c) examining structural validity; and (d) testing internal consistency. The items of instrument were based on a theoretical framework developed from a comprehensive literature review and focus group interviews with experts (N = 27) in spring 2018. Content validity was assessed by nine experts in gerontological nursing, while face validity was tested in a pilot study including 36 nursing students. Structural validity was examined with exploratory factor analysis with 267 nursing students from nine universities of applied sciences. The internal consistency was established with Cronbach's alpha. The data were collected in spring and autumn 2019. The data analysis was conducted with multivariate statistical methods. Results: The GeroNursingCom development and testing process yielded an instrument that includes 53 items across 11 factors: (a) appreciative encounters and interactions with older people; (b) medication for older people; (c) nutrition for older people; (d) safe living environment for older people; (e) supporting the functioning of older people; (f) end-of-life care; (g) developing one's competencies; (h) supporting an older person's mental well-being; (i) supporting an older person's sexuality; (j) guiding self-care among older people; and (k) responding to challenging situations. The instrument was able to explain 66.15% of the total observed variance, while Cronbach's alpha values for individual items varied from 0.75-0.89. Conclusion: TheGeroNursingCom instrument can be used to measure gerontological nursing competence among nursing students to improve gerontological nursing education and/or geriatric care. Impact: Graduating nursing students must develop versatile competencies to face the multiple needs of older patients and curriculums need to be further developed to ensure students are prepared for gerontological nursing. | 1071 TOHMOLA eT AL.

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Identification of nursing students’ attitudes toward older people

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Factors Affecting Attitudes towards Older People in Undergraduate Nursing Students

Factors Affecting Attitudes towards Older People in Undergraduate Nursing Students

Hemşirelerin Empatik Eğilimi ile Yaşlılara Yönelik Ayrımcılık Tutumları Arasındaki İlişkisi

Development and psychometric testing of the Gerontological Nursing Competence (GeroNursingCom) instrument

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