Gerontological nursing competencies: A scoping review

K Tate, S Guney, C Lai, C Van Son, M Kennedy… - Nurse education …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Despite decades of advocates striving to enhance gerontological content in
baccalaureate nursing programs, nurses are still graduating with inadequate knowledge …

Harnessing nursing to diminish ageism

S Dahlke, KF Hunter - International journal of older people …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The common practice of making fun of aging and older people demonstrates
that ageism towards older people is socially acceptable. It is so accepted that even those of …

Factors affecting attitudes towards older people in undergraduate nursing students

L López-Hernández, FM Martínez-Arnau… - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Registered nurses' reflections on their educational preparation to work with older people

S Dahlke, MR Kalogirou… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Negative perceptions about working with older people within nursing contribute
to the deficit of educators with expertise to teach student nurses, and nurses graduating ill …

Effectiveness of a multimodal intervention and the simulation flow to improve empathy and attitudes towards older adults in nursing students: a crossover randomised …

M Fernández-Gutiérrez, P Bas-Sarmiento… - Nurse education in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aim The aims of this study were (1) to develop a multimodal intervention according to the
NLN Jeffries Simulation Theory planned to improve attitudes and empathy towards older …

Awakening Canadians to ageism: a study protocol

S Dahlke, KF Hunter, MT Fox, S Davidson, N Perry… - Bmc Nursing, 2021 - Springer
Background Making fun of growing older is considered socially acceptable, yet ageist
humour reinforces negative stereotypes that growing old is linked with physical and mental …

Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on professional identity development of intern nursing students in China: A scoping review

W Luo, A Mao - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Purpose Clinical experience plays a vital role in the development of the professional identity
(PI) of nursing students. China has applied a strict zero-COVID health policy in combating …

Teaching the care of older people in Australian nursing schools: Survey findings

D Fetherstonhaugh, JA Rayner, K Solly, E Beattie… - Collegian, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Meeting the complex health needs of an increasing number of older people is a
critical workforce challenge for the Australian health and aged care sectors. Nurses are the …

Caring for the elderly enhances positive attitudes better than knowledge in nursing students

E Castellano-Rioja, M Botella-Navas… - Medicina, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: There is a growing interest in the measurement of attitudes
towards older people in healthcare professionals, as there is a need to implement …

Improving student nurses' perspectives towards older people with an e‐learning activity: A quasi‐experimental pre‐post design

C Dukes, S Dahlke, M Pietrosanu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Despite older people being the largest demographic accessing health care,
nurses often lack knowledge about how to work with them and may hold ageist perceptions …