Nursing Students’ Knowledge about Caring for the Elderly
Abstract
Background: The population is getting older, and the age group of adults 65 and older is the fastest growing, with significant increases, particularly in developing countries.
Objective:To assess the Nursing students’ knowledge about caring for the Elderly.
Methods: A descriptive study carried out at the University of Mosul in the Nineveh Governorate between February 2, 2024, and January 3, 2024. For this investigation, probability (a simple random sample) was chosen. 100 students make up the sample of nursing students at Mosul University. A special consent form was used to obtain the subject's consent to participate in the study.
Results: The results of this study indicate that the majority of the sample, which consisted of 100 nursing students, was between the ages of 18 and 20 (65%). The male sample was larger than the female sample by 66%, and 79% of the sample lived in an urban area. Additionally, a high percentage of the sample—81%) was single.
Conclusion: The study came to the conclusion that one of its shortcomings is that it only included nursing students from one university and a relatively small sample size, which limits how broadly the research's conclusions can be applied. A larger sample size, however, might yield better results in the future. The findings also show that nursing students in Mosul City, Iraq, have little awareness of the negative effects of older adults
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