title: Nurses' attitudes to care of the elderly.
abstract: There are problems recruiting nurses to the geriatric wards in Leicester. Using a Likert attitude scale, attitudes of training and trained nurses to the care of the elderly were assessed. Although the trained staff had a significantly more positive attitude than the nurse learners, the latter felt that the attitudes of the trained staff were poor. Possible explanations for this contraindication are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004739:England; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology