Nursing Students’ Willingness to Care for Older Adults in Taiwan

Abstract

The findings of this study can provide information for faculty members and clinical preceptors for designing curricula and related activities or arranging practicum in the future.

Nursing curriculums may hinder a career in gerontological nursing: An integrative review

“…Nursing students’ prior positive experiences with older people were positively associated with their willingness to consider gerontological nursing as a career option (Brown et al., ; Cheng, Cheng, Tian, & Fan, ; Chi et al., ; Gonçalves et al., ). Nursing students who lived with or wanted to live with older family members in one house and who had a close relationship with older relatives had higher scores for expectancy and value for gerontological nursing than those who did not (Cheng et al., ; Chi et al., ). Similarly, nursing students who had undertaken previous studies or that had previously worked in gerontology were more interested in a gerontological nursing career (Chi et al., ; Gonçalves et al., ; Haron et al., ; Henderson et al., ; Koskinen et al., ; Xiao et al., ).…”

Nursing students’ preferences for clinical placements in the residential aged care setting

“…Prior research into the decreased ability of RACFs to attract and retain RNs in the workforce suggests a range of reasons for the phenomena, including lower remuneration (Abbey et al., ), ageist attitudes (Gould, MacLennan, & Dupuis‐Blanchard, ; Kabátová, Botíková, Uríčková, & Slaný, ) and perceived lower status (Abbey et al., ; Haron, Levy, Albagli, Rotstein, & Riba, ). Undergraduate nursing students are not immune to the commentary surrounding the aged care sector (Gould et al., ; Haron et al., ); however, there are mixed research findings around their attitudes towards aged care (Chi, Shyu, Wang, Chuang, & Chuang, ; Gould et al., ; Neville, ). It is also possible that ageist attitudes that pervade societies (Vauclair, Hanke, Huang, & Abrams, ) may also shape perceptions of the values of working with older persons, both within the aged care sector and more generally (Algoso, Peters, Ramjan, & East, ; Ben‐Harush et al., ).…”

A systematic review of psychometric testing of instruments that measure intention to work with older people

“…, Chi et al . ). However, the methodological qualities of content validity were rated poor as the content validity index was not reported and there was no description of the items assessment.…”