Professional paper (M Nursing)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2010. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Carolyn Hamlin Wenger. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 36-38).

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Paul T. Begley.

Thesis--Arizona State University. / Vita. Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1976. -- 21 cm. On spine: Success of college nursing students. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [70]-79).

Thesis--Arizona State University. / Vita. Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1976. -- 21 cm. On spine: Success of college nursing students. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [70]-79).

Bakgrund: Antalet äldre i Sverige ökar. Det finns en tendens i dagens samhälle att generalisera och betrakta äldre människor som en homogen grupp istället för som individer. Detta kan i sin tur leda till negativa attityder mot äldre. Ett samlingsnamn för de negativa attityderna är begreppet ålderism som inkluderar det faktum att äldre människor kan komma att behandlas utan respekt på grund av sin ålder.Syfte: Syftet är att undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar sjuksköterskestudenters och nyexaminerade sjuksköterskors attityder till äldre patienter och till att arbeta med dem.Metod: En litteraturstudie har utförts där tolv artiklar från tio olika länder har granskats.Resultat: Sjuksköterskestudenters och nyexaminerade sjuksköterskors attityder till äldre påverkas av: genus, ålder, utbildning, stöd under klinisk träning, tidigare erfarenhet och intresse av att arbeta med äldre.Konklusion: Ålderdom, fysiologiskt och patologiskt, kan behöva utvecklas och attityder till äldre behöver diskuteras under sjuksköterskeutbildningen i ett försök att belysa, förändra alternativt förbättra attityder mot äldre. Studenternas attityder kan förslagsvis följas upp med en studie i början samt i slutet av sjuksköterskeutbildningen. / Background: The number of elderly in Sweden is increasing. There is a tendency in modern society to generalize and consider older people as a homogeneous group rather than as individuals. This in turn can lead to negative attitudes towards older people. A collective name for the negative attitudes is the concept of ageism and that includes the fact that older people may be treated with no respect because of their age.Purpose: The aim is to examine the factors that affect nursing students and newly graduated nurses’ attitudes to older patients and to work with them.Method: A literature review has been conducted in which twelve articles from ten different countries have been reviewed.Results: Nursing students and newly registered nurses’ attitudes towards older people is affected by: gender, age, education, support during clinical training, previous experience and interest in working with older people.Conclusion: Ageing, physiological and pathological, maybe needs to be developed and attitudes towards older people maybe needs to be discussed during nursing education in an attempt to elucidate, modify or improve attitudes towards older people. Students’ attitudes can tentatively be followed up with a study at the beginning and at the end of nursing education.

Background: Malnutrition is a major public health problem in Ethiopia contributing to half of infant and child mortality. The 2014 mini Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey revealed that four out of ten children under five are stunted, nearly one out of ten are wasted, and a quarter are underweight. One of the factors that contributed to the high stunting rate is the shortage of capable providers who are competent to provide nutrition services. The purpose of this study was to assess graduating midwifery and nursing students’ nutrition competence and explore the factors that influence their competence. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was employed in June 2015. Students’ knowledge was assessed using objective written assessment questions; and their skills were assessed using a five-station objectively structured clinical examination. Students’ perception of the nutrition learning environment and their learning experience was obtained by administering a structured questionnaire using interviews. Bivariate and multivariable analysis, including Chi-square test and independent sample t-test, were used to detect statistically significant associations or differences. Results: A total of 113 students from four public universities in Ethiopia participated in the study. Only 38.1% of students demonstrated adequate competency in nutrition. The mean percentage score for nutrition knowledge and skills were 63.8% and 46.6% respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between midwifery and nursing students’ nutrition competence (P>0.05). Both cadres scored a mean value above 50% in the knowledge assessment, except in the competency areas of nutrition and HIV. However, both showed lesser competence in performing basic nutrition skills such as anthropometry. Midwives scored higher than nurses on counseling mothers on optimal breast feeding (p=0.001). The majority (98.2%) of students reported that they had no access to nutrition skills laboratory when they took the nutrition course. In multivariable analysis, students who perceived the practice sites as conducive for nutrition skills learning achieved higher levels of competence. Conclusions: The target students were deficient in nutrition competencies. The study suggests revision of midwifery and nursing curricula for adequacy and relevance of nutrition contents, learning and assessment techniques. Nutrition skills learning both in skills lab and at clinical and practical settings need to be strengthened.