PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Šoukalová, Kristýna
AU  - Holá, Jana
AU  - Nemšovská, Markéta
TI  - AGEIST ATTITUDES AND STEREOTYPES AMONG THE STUDENTS OF NURSING SCHOOLS
DP  - 2014 Oct 1
TA  - Profese Online
PG  - 12--16
VI  - 7
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/pol.2014.009
IS  - 18034330
AB  - Background: Due to geriatrization of nursing care becomes often discussed theme. Because of this it's very important that non-medical health staff will be enough educated. It is that sufficient awareness and practical experience that can affect the rate of inclination to ageist attitudes.Objective: The objective of this research was to evaluate ageist attitudes of nursing school students according to school which the respondents visited and find out the differences in perception of senior population among the students of second and fourth grade.Methods: Due to the aims of this work the quantitative research has been done through a questionnaire survey. The rate of ageist attitudes was observed based on scoring responses.Results: A statistically significant relationship between symptoms of ageist attitudes this work proved as well as the differences between symptoms of ageist attitudes among second and fourth grade students.Conclusions: The work shows that in the sample survey, the majority of students appearing middle inclination to the myths of old age. Furthermore, the myths of old age tend more fourth grade students who have already completed work experience at the bedside than second grade students who have not completed this practice yet.