Changing negative stereotypes regarding aging in undergraduate nursing students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2015, Pages e60-e64

  Sarabia Cobo, C M ^a   Castanedo Pfeiffer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageism; Gerontological nursing; Nursing; Nursing education; Nursing student attitudes; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGEISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGEISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, NURSING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940795219     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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