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UNSPECIFIED (1995) ATTITUDES AND STEREOTYPES - NURSES WORK WITH OLDER-PEOPLE. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, 22 (3). pp. 547-555. ISSN 0309-2402.
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Abstract
The study reported here sought to describe the differences between nurses' attitudes towards work with older people in the collective sense and their attitudes towards the individuals with whom they work, A convenience sample of 136 community nurses was obtained. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire incorporating the report of two critical incidents - one of effective practice and one of ineffective practice with older people. In addition in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 22 respondents. The findings lead the authors to challenge the common assumption that an identified lack of desire in nurses to work with older people is due solely to negative attitudes which nurses hold towards older people themselves. The paper concludes that the high dependency levels of older people and structure of nursing work with older people in hospitals means that fewer nurses make this area a positive career choice.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RT Nursing | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING | ||||
Publisher: | BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD | ||||
ISSN: | 0309-2402 | ||||
Official Date: | September 1995 | ||||
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Volume: | 22 | ||||
Number: | 3 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 547-555 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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