Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Older Adults

Mattos, Meghan; Jiang, Yun; Seaman, Jennifer B.; Nilsen, Marci Lee; Chasens, Eileen R.; Novosel, Lorraine M.

doi:10.3928/00989134-20150429-01

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“…10 Os nossos achados são consistentes com outros estudos envolvendo estudantes de enfermagem, nos quais atitudes ligeiramente positivas foram observadas. 6,9,10,18,19 Os autores de um estudo de revisão salientam que podem existir grandes diferenças nas expectativas culturais em relação ao cuidado dos idosos com base na localização geográfica. As filosofias culturais podem influenciar as atitudes que os indivíduos têm sobre a pessoa que está envelhecendo.…”

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Atitudes dos estudantes de enfermagem em relação à pessoa idosa

Fernandes¹,

Afonso²,

Couto³

2018

Geriatr., Gerontol. Aging

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OBJETIVO: Identificar as atitudes dos estudantes de enfermagem em relação à pessoa idosa. MÉTODO: Os estudantes de enfermagem inscritos no segundo ano da licenciatura foram convidados a preencher um questionário no início da unidade curricular de enfermagem geriátrica. Recorreu-se a um estudo quantitativo através da administração da Escala de Atitudes Face aos Idosos de Kogan (KAOP), validada para a população Portuguesa. RESULTADOS: A amostra foi constituída por 39 estudantes que responderam ao instrumento de coleta de dados. A atitude dos participantes em relação aos idosos apresentou um valor médio de 135,56; ligeiramente superior ao valor médio da escala (ponto médio = 119). Não foram evidenciadas relações estatisticamente significativas com nenhuma das variáveis em análise, nomeadamente o gênero, a idade, a experiência e a coabitação. CONCLUSÕES: O estudo permitiu evidenciar que a atitude dos estudantes de enfermagem em relação à pessoa idosa apresenta valores médios ligeiramente positivos, o que poderá constituir um ponto de partida para o desenvolvimento de uma intervenção para modificar a atitude dos estudantes de enfermagem em relação ao envelhecimento. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: idoso; atitude; enfermagem geriátrica; estudantes de enfermagem.

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Atitudes dos estudantes de enfermagem em relação à pessoa idosa

Fernandes¹,

Afonso²,

Couto³

2018

Geriatr., Gerontol. Aging

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“…Community day centers are a potential untapped area for experiential learning, a method that has been shown to have a positive impact on improving care of AD clients. [7,32] Students who were involved in direct care with PWD or older adults and received dementia or gerontology-specific education reported decreased negative attitudes, and greater willingness to seek a career working with older adults.…”

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Nursing students’ knowledge about Alzheimer’s disease

Wiese

Williams

2018

JNEP

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Objective: Every 66 seconds a U.S. resident develops Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Future nurses will be caring for the rapidly escalating number of adults turning 65, yet information regarding nursing students’ knowledge about the age-related disease of Alzheimer’s is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine 102 Florida baccalaureate nursing students’ basic and advanced AD knowledge.Methods: A descriptive design using two AD knowledge measures and analysis using paired samples t-test were employed.Results: Although the setting was a region of the U.S. with the highest percentage of older adults, knowledge deficits regarding age-related Alzheimer’s disease were striking. Students’ basic knowledge was significantly higher than their advanced AD knowledge (t(101) = 2.28, p = .027). Only 31% of students identified that high cholesterol may increase risk. Just 20% of students correctly answered that exercise does not prevent AD. About 25% correctly responded that the average life expectancy after the onset of AD is 6-12 years. Only 2% of nursing students correctly identified that persons with AD experience stress from disease-related symptoms. Overall, less than 50% of students correctly answered any item on the measure designed for use among health care providers.Conclusions: To better prepare nursing students to care for the increasing numbers of older adults facing risk of AD, updated curricula targeting dementia-related illnesses are essential. Information is offered regarding current state of the science resources of benefit to faculty, students, and practicing nurses, such as experiential learning and Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing collaborative programs.

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“…The majority of students enjoyed their placement and could articulate the value of relational aspects of care including spending time with patients that off set some of the challenges they encountered (Kydd, ; Mattos et al, ). During placement, students were acutely aware of inadequate nurse staffing for the level of patient acuity and dependency.…”

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“…As care delivery shifts to a community focus, undergraduate nursing curricula need to reflect new primary and intermediate models of care, especially for older adults (Imison et al, ). There is a need for innovation to promote gerontological knowledge and skills as a core part of undergraduate programmes coupled with high‐quality gerontological experiences (Annear, Walker, Lucas, Lo, & Robinson, ; Garbrah et al, ; Koskinen et al, ; Mattos et al, ; Tenhunen & Fitzgerald, ). Student clinical placements are vital to influencing career decisions.…”

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Incentivising a career in older adult nursing: The views of student nurses

Naughton

O’Shea

Hayes

2019

Int J Older People Nursing

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Background and aim Nurse vacancy rates in older adult services are disproportionately high compared to other areas of nursing. This is partly because few student nurses consider it an attractive career option once qualified due to perceptions of low‐status, strenuous nature of the work and impoverished care environments. The study aimed to explore students' perceptions of incentives that could counterbalance the barriers for new graduate nurses joining this speciality. Methods A qualitative descriptive design using focus group interviews was carried out with six groups of student nurses (n = 27) following completion of their acute care older adult placements in three hospitals. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results The barriers from students' perspectives were constructed as a vicious cycle of staff shortages and inadequate resources that created impoverished environments leading to a dissonance between ideal and delivered care. Over one‐third of students were unlikely to consider a career in older adults nursing, but the remaining students could identify incentives that may tempt them. Four main themes and eight subthemes were identified: gerontological status and leadership (ward leadership; respected others); relational care (legitimising emotional support, care vs. cure goals); quality work environment (pay as recognition, 12‐hr shifts); and education‐career pathways (gerontological knowledge, career progression). Conclusion Radical new approaches, based on student and nurse engagement, are required to incentivise a career in gerontological nursing. A combination of shorter and longer term strategies that include education‐career pathways, a focus on relation care, and improved work conditions including financial incentives should be trialled. Implications for practice In terms of practice, addressing high nurse vacancy rates in older adult services that negaively impacts on patient outcomes requires a suite of incentives informed by ‘what matters’ to students and nurses working in the speciality.

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Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Older Adults

Cited by 42 publications

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Atitudes dos estudantes de enfermagem em relação à pessoa idosa

Atitudes dos estudantes de enfermagem em relação à pessoa idosa

Nursing students’ knowledge about Alzheimer’s disease

Incentivising a career in older adult nursing: The views of student nurses

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