What’s Stopping a Career in Gerontological Nursing?: Literature Review
Authors: Neville Christine , Dickie Robyn , Goetz Sandra 
Published: February 2014

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Explore the findings from a literature review that was conducted to identify the reasons why undergraduate nurses do not choose gerontological nursing as a career, what has been done to address the problem, and what future recruitment efforts should be considered.

Disclosure Statement

Neither the planners nor the authors have any conflicts of interest to disclose.

Despite the rapid aging of the world’s population, many countries are experiencing difficulty in recruiting nurses to work with older people. A literature review was conducted regarding the career preferences of undergraduate nursing students from seven different countries. The literature review has identified that gerontological nursing does not feature highly as a career goal. Notably, this has been the situation for the past decade. There is no indication that the situation is going to change at any time in the future unless some serious decisions are made at professional, health service, community, and government levels. This literature review has identified the reasons why undergraduate nurses are not choosing gerontological nursing as a career, what has been done in an attempt to address the problem, and what else may be done. [
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 40
(1), 18–27.]