title: Influence of nurses' knowledge of ageing and attitudes towards older people on therapeutic interactions in emergency care: a literature review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this literature review was to determine nurses' knowledge and understanding of the ageing process and attitudes towards older people in emergency care settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary research publications about emergency nurses' attitudes towards and knowledge about older people were sought in six databases and Google.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixteen articles were reviewed, including seven cross-sectional surveys, seven qualitative studies and two mixed-methods studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Emergency department nurses' attitudes towards and knowledge about ageing processes may affect therapeutic interactions between nurses and their older patients. Issues such as managerial style, past experiences and the medical model used for health-care delivery were secondary factors shown to influence emergency nurses' negativity towards their older patients. Further research focused on nurses' attitudes to and awareness or knowledge of gerontological issues, in particular in the ED, is warranted and would contribute to achieving desired cultural change.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deasey
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kable
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jeong
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D063506:Ageism / Q000523:psychology; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: attitude; emergency; knowledge; nurse; older person