Gerontological educational interventions for student nurses : a systematic review of qualitative findings

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OBJECTIVES: This systematic review of qualitative studies explored interventions to improve student nurses' knowledge, attitudes or willingness to work with older people. Student nurses are likely to encounter older people in all health and aged care settings, however, research demonstrates that few have career aspirations in gerontological nursing.

METHODS: Qualitative systematic review method based on the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.

RESULTS: Search of Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, EBSCOhost and Scopus yielded 1841 articles which were screened to include primary research about educational interventions to improve student nurses' knowledge, attitudes and/or willingness to work with older people. Data extraction was performed on the 14 included studies, and data were analysed using directed content analysis. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) was used the assess the quality of the studies.

CONCLUSIONS: Educational interventions included theory or practice courses, or a combination of theory and practice. While most interventions changed nursing students' negative attitudes towards older people, few increased their willingness to work with them. Practice courses had the most significant impact on willingness to work with older people. Quality assessment revealed methodical limitations. More research is needed to better understand the elements of practice interventions that enhance student nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and willingness to work with older people, so that they can be replicated.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2025

2024

Erschienen:

2025

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

International journal of nursing education scholarship - 22(2024), 1 vom: 01. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dahlke, Sherry [VerfasserIn]
Rayner, Jo-Anne [VerfasserIn]
Fetherstonhaugh, Deirdre [VerfasserIn]
Butler, Jeffrey I [VerfasserIn]
Kennedy, Megan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Educational interventions
Journal Article
Older persons
Qualitative systematic review
Student nurses
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1515/ijnes-2023-0042

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369495179