Nursing Students’ Attitudes towards the Elderly: Positive and Negative Ageism

Kamile Kırca; Elif Sozeri; Burcu Bayrak Kahraman

Article Details

Nursing Students’ Attitudes towards the Elderly: Positive and Negative Ageism

Authors:

Kamile Kırca | Elif Sozeri | Burcu Bayrak Kahraman

Publisher:

Karyay Karadeniz Yayımcılık

Main Topics:

Hemşirelik

Journal:

Black Sea Journal of Health Science Vol.6 Issue 2, pp.293-300

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001287290

pISSN:

2619-9041

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Abstract:

 This research was planned to determine the positive and negative attitudes of nursing students towards the elderly. The research was designed in descriptive type. The research was conducted with students enrolled in the nursing program of a state university in Türkiye. The students n331 who volunteered to participate in the research and filled out the forms completely formed the sample of the research. The data were collected in the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. Descriptive Characteristics Form and Positive and Negative Age Discrimination Scale PNYAS were used as data collection tools in the study. The mean age of the nursing students participating in the study is 20.341.45 min: 18, max: 26. 75.5 of the students stated that they care for elderly patients in clinical practice and 40.8 stated that they measure vital signs as the most common practice. After graduation, 51.7 of the students stated that they wanted to work with elderly individuals, while 36.6 of them defined old age as dependent and needing care. When the mean scores of the PNYAS sub-dimension of the students participating in the study were examined, it was 45.995.72 for the positive ageism sub-dimension and 38.645.81 for the negative ageism sub-dimension. In our study, the positive age discrimination sub-dimension mean score of 4th grade students were found to be significantly higher than other grade levels. It has been determined that female students have more positive attitudes towards the elderly than male students and students with extended family structure have more positive attitudes towards the elderly, and the positive age discrimination sub-dimension point average is significantly higher. Research findings show that students have positive attitudes towards the elderly. In order to increase the positive attitudes of nursing students towards the elderly, gerontology and geriatric nursing courses should be given during undergraduate education.

 This research was planned to determine the positive and negative attitudes of nursing students towards the elderly. The research was designed in descriptive type. The research was conducted with students enrolled in the nursing program of a state university in Türkiye. The students n331 who volunteered to participate in the research and filled out the forms completely formed the sample of the research. The data were collected in the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. Descriptive Characteristics Form and Positive and Negative Age Discrimination Scale PNYAS were used as data collection tools in the study. The mean age of the nursing students participating in the study is 20.341.45 min: 18, max: 26. 75.5 of the students stated that they care for elderly patients in clinical practice and 40.8 stated that they measure vital signs as the most common practice. After graduation, 51.7 of the students stated that they wanted to work with elderly individuals, while 36.6 of them defined old age as dependent and needing care. When the mean scores of the PNYAS sub-dimension of the students participating in the study were examined, it was 45.995.72 for the positive ageism sub-dimension and 38.645.81 for the negative ageism sub-dimension. In our study, the positive age discrimination sub-dimension mean score of 4th grade students were found to be significantly higher than other grade levels. It has been determined that female students have more positive attitudes towards the elderly than male students and students with extended family structure have more positive attitudes towards the elderly, and the positive age discrimination sub-dimension point average is significantly higher. Research findings show that students have positive attitudes towards the elderly. In order to increase the positive attitudes of nursing students towards the elderly, gerontology and geriatric nursing courses should be given during undergraduate education.

 This research was planned to determine the positive and negative attitudes of nursing students towards the elderly. The research was designed in descriptive type. The research was conducted with students enrolled in the nursing program of a state university in Türkiye. The students n331 who volunteered to participate in the research and filled out the forms completely formed the sample of the research. The data were collected in the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. Descriptive Characteristics Form and Positive and Negative Age Discrimination Scale PNYAS were used as data collection tools in the study. The mean age of the nursing students participating in the study is 20.341.45 min: 18, max: 26. 75.5 of the students stated that they care for elderly patients in clinical practice and 40.8 stated that they measure vital signs as the most common practice. After graduation, 51.7 of the students stated that they wanted to work with elderly individuals, while 36.6 of them defined old age as dependent and needing care. When the mean scores of the PNYAS sub-dimension of the students participating in the study were examined, it was 45.995.72 for the positive ageism sub-dimension and 38.645.81 for the negative ageism sub-dimension. In our study, the positive age discrimination sub-dimension mean score of 4th grade students were found to be significantly higher than other grade levels. It has been determined that female students have more positive attitudes towards the elderly than male students and students with extended family structure have more positive attitudes towards the elderly, and the positive age discrimination sub-dimension point average is significantly higher. Research findings show that students have positive attitudes towards the elderly. In order to increase the positive attitudes of nursing students towards the elderly, gerontology and geriatric nursing courses should be given during undergraduate education.

 Bu araştırma, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin yaşlılara ilişkin pozitif ve negatif tutumlarının belirlenmesi amacıyla planlanmıştır. Araştırma tanımlayıcı tipte tasarlanmıştır. Araştırma, Türkiyede bir devlet üniversitenin hemşirelik programına kayıtlı olan öğrenciler ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırmaya katılmaya gönüllü olan ve formları eksiksiz şekilde dolduran öğrenciler n331 araştırmanın örneklemini oluşturmuştur. Veriler 2022-2023 eğitim-öğretim yılı güz yarıyılında toplanmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak, Tanıtıcı Özellikler Formu ve Pozitif ve Negatif Yaşlı Ayrımcılığı Ölçeği PNYAÖ kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya katılan hemşirelik öğrencilerinin yaş ortalaması 20,341,45 en az: 18, en fazla: 26 dir. Öğrencilerin 75,5i klinik uygulamada yaşlı hastalara bakım verdiğini ve 40,8i en sık yaptığı uygulama olarak yaşam bulgularını ölçtüğünü belirtmiştir. Öğrencilerin 51,7si mezuniyet sonrası yaşlı bireylerle çalışmak istediğini belirtmiş ve 36,6sı yaşlılığı bağımlı ve bakıma ihtiyaç duyan birey olarak tanımlamıştır. Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin PNYAÖ alt boyut puan ortalamaları incelendiğinde pozitif yaşlı ayrımcılığı alt boyutu için 45,995,72 ve negatif yaşlı ayrımcılığı alt boyutu için 38,645,81dir. Çalışmamızda 4.sınıf öğrencilerinin pozitif yaşlı ayrımcılığı alt boyut puan ortalaması diğer sınıf düzeylerine göre anlamlı şekilde daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Kız öğrencilerin erkek öğrencilere göre ve geniş aile yapısına sahip öğrencilerin çekirdek ailesi olanlara göre yaşlılar ile ilgili tutumlarının daha olumlu olduğu ve pozitif yaşlı ayrımcılığı alt boyut puan ortalamasının anlamlı şekilde daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir. Araştırma bulguları, öğrencilerin yaşlıya yönelik pozitif tutum içerisinde olduklarını göstermektedir. Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin yaşlılara yönelik pozitif tutumlarının artırılması için gerontoloji ve geriatri hemşireliği derslerinin lisans eğitimi boyunca verilmesine olanak sağlanmalıdır.

Article Details

Nursing Students’ Attitudes towards the Elderly: Positive and Negative Ageism

Authors:

Kamile Kırca | Elif Sozeri | Burcu Bayrak Kahraman

Publisher:

Karyay Karadeniz Yayımcılık

Main Topics:

Hemşirelik

Journal:

Black Sea Journal of Health Science Vol.6 Issue 2, pp.293-300

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001287290

pISSN:

2619-9041

Nursing student

Elderly

Attitude

Positive

Negative

Ageism

Hemşirelik öğrencisi

Yaşlı

Tutum

Pozitif

Negatif

Ayrımcılık

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Kamile Kırca | Elif Sozeri | Burcu Bayrak Kahraman

Publisher: Karyay Karadeniz Yayımcılık

Main Topics: Hemşirelik

Journal: Black Sea Journal of Health Science Vol.6 Issue 2, pp.293-300

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2023

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001287290

pISSN: 2619-9041

Issues

Authors:

Kamile Kırca | Elif Sozeri | Burcu Bayrak Kahraman

Publisher:

Karyay Karadeniz Yayımcılık

Main Topics:

Hemşirelik

Journal:

Black Sea Journal of Health Science Vol.6 Issue 2, pp.293-300

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2023

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001287290

pISSN:

2619-9041