Positively influencing student nurse attitudes toward caring for elders: Results of a curriculum assessment study

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Jansen, Debra A ^a   Morse, Winifred A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 33644501493     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J021v25n02_01     Document Type: Article

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