Nursing students' knowledge and beliefs about care of older adults in a shifting context of nursing education

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2550-2558

  Baumbusch, Jennifer ^a   Dahlke, Sherry ^a   Phinney, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beliefs about older adults; Gerontological knowledge; Nursing education; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84866746877     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.05958.x     Document Type: Article

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