Willingness and associated factors of working with older people among undergraduate nursing students in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aging population has become a serious challenge for health care service and will lead to an increasing demand for nurses to work with older people. However, working with older people has always been an unpopular career choice among nursing students. This study aimed to further explore the willingness and associated factors of undergraduate nursing students to work with older people in China.

Methods

A convenience sampling method was employed from May to July 2017 among undergraduate nursing students from a nursing school in Nantong China. Demographic data, the Chinese version of the Kogan's Old Person's Scale, the Chinese version of the Facts of Aging Quiz and the motivation questionnaire were used to collect data. A series of Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wall

SUBMITTER: Guo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8237413 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature