Who wants to work with older people? Swedish student nurses' willingness to work in elderly care-A questionnaire study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 849-853

  Carlson, Elisabeth ^a   Idvall, Ewa ^a,b  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Career; Clinical learning environment; Older people; Student nurses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; STUDENTS, NURSING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929844344     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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