Abstract:Aim
To assess the internal reliability and validity (content and criterion) of the Older Patients in Acute Care Survey (OPACS) as a measure of nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding care of older hospitalized patients in Australia.
Design
Cross‐sectional survey.
Method
A convenience sample of final year nursing students at an Australian university in October 2014 completed the OPACS (
N =
191). Interna… Show more
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