Abstract

Nurses entering the workforce may have limited education in gerontological nursing. Therefore, many nurses are unprepared to provide quality care to older adults. An unprepared nursing workforce could negatively influence older adults' health outcomes and care experience.

To determine differences in senior nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, and perceived competency about older adults based on enrollment in a bachelor of science in nursing degree (BSN), associate's degree nursing (ADN), and practical nursing (PN) program that offers geriatric content in curricula.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10633679; ProQuest document ID: 2035384541. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Deborah Denise Brabham, PhD, RN, CNE

Sigma Membership

Theta Tau

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Nursing Students, Nursing Education Programs, Older Adults, Perceived Competency

Advisor

Cynthia Fletcher

Second Advisor

William Ganza

Third Advisor

Ronald Chenail

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Nova Southeastern University

Degree Year

2018

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-10-15

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