Iranian nursing students' perspectives regarding caring for elderly patients

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-125

  Rejeh, Nahid ^a,b   Heravi Karimooi, Majideh ^a,b   Vaismoradi, Mojtaba ^c  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Health of the Elderly Research Group   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Elderly patients; Iran; Nursing care; Nursing students' perspectives; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957540206     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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