Mapping evidence of nurses' attitudes toward older adults in Africa: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Culture influences nurses' attitudes towards caring for older adults. Additionally, nursing students' perceptions and attitudes towards older adults affect their behavior, possibly their career choices and/or the quality of care provided to older adults after graduation. In the context of lower-middle-income countries with a faster growing older adults population compared to upper income countries, the improvement of the quality care, inclusive of nurses' attitudes towards older adults, is one of the strategies for strengthening nursing and midwifery in Africa. Furthermore, examining nurses and nursing students' attitudes towards older adults will answer the United Nations' call for more data to understand the needs and the status of older adults in Africa.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Wanko Keutchafo EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7797139 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature