Nursing students' attitudes toward persons who are aged: An integrative review

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 49, Issue , 2017, Pages 145-152

  Hovey, Susan ^a,b   Dyck, Mary J ^b   Reese, Cynthia ^c   Kim, MyoungJin ^b  

^a BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageism; Aging; Attitude; Education, nursing; Health personnel; Students, nursing

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; AGING; CHECKLIST; CINAHL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSING STUDENT; SEARCH ENGINE; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; CANADA; ETHICS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANPOWER; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGEISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85001055690     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.11.018     Document Type: Review

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