Why do nursing students not want to work in geriatric care? A national questionnaire survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1558-1565

  Haron, Yafa ^a   Levy, Sara ^a   Albagli, Mazal ^a   Rotstein, Ruth ^a   Riba, Shoshana ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes to older people; Career intentions; Geriatric nursing; Nurse education; Role development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDES TO OLDER PEOPLE; CAREER INTENTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATTITUDES TO OLDER PEOPLE; CAREER INTENTIONS; GERIATRIC NURSING; NURSE EDUCATION; ROLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84884133740     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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