RELATIONSHIP OF HOME HEALTH NURSES' ATTITUDES TOWARD THE ELDERLY AND NURSING CARE EFFECTIVENESS.
Contributors: University of Tulsa.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Gerontology.
Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the attitudes toward the elderly of home health nurses and the quality of the care they provided as perceived by their patients. The independent variables of nurses' age, nursing educational preparation, years of experience in nursing and previous experience with elderly people were examined for their relationship to the nurses' attitudes toward the elderly (dependent variable).

The attitudes toward the elderly of 34 home health nurses were assessed using Tuckman and Lorge's Attitudes Toward Old People Questionnaire (AOP). Risser's Patient Satisfaction Scale (RPSS) was used during home interviews to assess the 34 patients' perceptions of the nursing care provided by their nurses.

The present investigation found no relationship between home health nurses' attitudes toward the elderly and their patients' perception of the quality of home administered nursing care. The study demonstrated that the younger nurses tended to have a more positive (less stereotypic) attitude toward the elderly. Also, it was found that there was a difference between home health nurses' attitudes toward the elderly and two levels of nursing educational preparation (ADN and BSN). The BSN nurses had a more positive (less stereotypic) attitude toward the elderly than did the ADN nurses. Finally, the investigation found no relationship between home health nurses' attitudes toward the elderly and years of experience in nursing or previous experience with elderly people.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-04, Section: B, page: 1118.

Thesis (ED.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA, 1985.

School code: 0236.