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Nurses’ attitudes to care of the elderly
Author(s) -
Snape J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1986.tb01289.x
Subject(s) - contraindication , likert scale , nursing , medicine , positive attitude , scale (ratio) , nursing staff , gerontological nursing , family medicine , psychology , alternative medicine , social psychology , developmental psychology , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics
There are problems recruiting nurses to the geriatric wards in Leicester. Using a Likert attitude scale, attitudes of training and trained nurses to the care of the elderly were assessed. Although the trained staff had a significantly more positive attitude than the nurse learners, the latter felt that the attitudes of the trained staff were poor. Possible explanations for this contraindication are discussed.