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The aged care classroom: Shifting undergraduate nursing students' perceptions of residential aged care
Teaching and learning in nursing, Vol.First online(1)
06/11/2025
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Abstract
Background: Although demand for registered nurses in aged care is rising, nursing students remain hesitant to choose it as a career.
Aim: The aim of the project was to assess the impact of the Aged Care Classroom on undergraduate nursing students’ perceptions, thoughts, and attitudes toward residential aged care nursing.
Methods: A sequential mixed-method research design was utilized and guided by the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research checklist.
Methods: An online pre- and post-workshop survey (via Qualtrics) alongside pre- and post-workshop focus groups. The quantitative survey data were analyzed using SPSS software. The qualitative data were thematically analyzed.
Results: The results indicated a highly significant difference in student interest in aged care nursing as a career choice. The focus group data identified four key themes, two pre- workshop themes: Dipping My Toe
in the Water, Nursing Student Fears; and two post-workshop themes, Opportunity Knocks, and The Heart of the Matter.
Conclusion: The findings provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of collaborative educational interventions to improve students’ perceptions, attitudes and thoughts toward aged care nursing
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- Title
- The aged care classroom: Shifting undergraduate nursing students' perceptions of residential aged care
- Creators
- Dima Nasrawi - Southern Cross UniversityKatrina Austen - Southern Cross UniversityDonna Wilson - Southern Cross UniversityDuncan McKimm - Clarence Village (Australia, Grafton)Jennene Greenhill - Southern Cross UniversityLouise Ward - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Teaching and learning in nursing, Vol.First online(1)
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc; NEW YORK
- Identifiers
- 991013327328502368
- Copyright
- © 2025 The Authors
- Academic Unit
- Nursing; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article