Knowledge and Attitudes of Nurses toward Caring of Elderly People in Health Care Sittings
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
With the increasing ageing population, and associated chronic illness as well decrease physical functionality and increase in dependency, the need for nurses with right attitude, adequate knowledge and skill will be needed. This study will assess nurses' knowledge and attitude toward caring of elderly people in health care settings.Design:A cross-sectional descriptive design will be used in this study.Setting: The study was conducted in college of nursing Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of University & geriatric health care setting. Sample: The sampling frame for the study will include 300 nurses working in health care services: 213 undergraduate nurses’students (male & female), 35nurse’s work in king Fahd Hospital of University, and 52 health care worker in geriatric health care setting.Tools:Three tools was used in this study, namely; Demographic characteristics of the participants, Self-administered knowledge questionnaire, & The Kogan’s Attitudes towardElderly People Scale.Results: The study findings indicate that generally, the nurses have relatively good knowledge level about aging and care of elderly people. Also, the study examined the attitude of nurses toward elderly people and the average score 106.0+4.68, indicates a favorable and positive attitude among nurses towards elderly people.
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Huda Elebiary, Hend Elshenewy, Shadia Abulazm
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