The evaluation of undergraduate nurses' attitudes, perspectives and perceptions toward older people

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1074-1079

  Neville, Christine ^a   Dickie, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Ageism; Baccalaureate nursing programmes; Gerontological nursing; Nursing education; Nursing student attitudes; Nursing student preference; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGEISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84901483723     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.04.018     Document Type: Review

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