NURSING STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF OLDER PEOPLE: CONTINUING SOCIETY’S MYTHS

NURSING STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF OLDER PEOPLE: CONTINUING SOCIETY’S MYTHS | Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing Home Archives Vol. 20 No. 4 (2003): June - August 2003 Research Papers Main Article Content

Dr Wendy Moyle, RN, PhD, MHSc, BN, DipAppSci

Keywords

stereotyping, ageism, nursing education, aged care

Abstract

This study aimed to identify student nurses’ views of older people as a means of offering insight into how these perceptions might influence where students choose to work and the care they might provide to older people. A structured questionnaire comprising of eight questions and demographic data was used to survey undergraduate nursing students (n=103). Findings indicate that nursing students are continuing society’s myths of older people being frail and declining in health. There is a need to challenge society’s attitudes so older people become valued and the aged care working environment also becomes a desirable place in which to work. Changes needed in nursing education are also suggested.

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