Engelsk titel: Who wants to work with the elderly? An investigation among Norwegian nursing students
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Författare:
Bergland Å
;
Laerum H
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 46
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 99105742
Sammanfattning
Norwegian geriatric health care
services are in great need of qualified
nursing personnel. Recruiting
registered nurses to care for
the elderly is a challenge for both
the Norwegian society as such
and for this country’s educational
institutions. The purpose of this
study was to identify factors
which make nurses choose geriatric
nursing as their professional
career. The primary question was
What are the characteristics of
student nurses who prefer to work
with elderly clients? A questionnaire
was distributed among 341
students who were in their first,
second, or third year of their nursing
studies. The students’ attitudes
to and experiences with
elderly people were identified,
together with their work preferences.
9,2 % of the students prefer
to work with elderly clients.
Major traits in these students are:
a positive attitude towards elderly
people combined with work experience
from this group of clients—work
experiences these students
perceive as more positive
than do students who prefer to
work with children or adults.
Furthermore, many of the students
who want to work with
elderly clients have more than
two years of such clinical work
experience prior to entering nurses’
training. Student nurses who
prefer working with elderly clients
also have experienced a
more positive attitude towards the
elderly in their teachers than the
rest of the students do.