Escober Carissa, Scotese Jennifer, Berman Amy, Thaler Jodi, Fairchild Susan, Gould Elaine, Mezey Mathy
New York University, College of Nursing, New York, NY, USA.
J Prof Nurs. 2007 Jul-Aug;23(4):220-5. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.01.005.
In the face of a rapidly aging America and given that older adults are the population that avail health care services the most, there is a clear mandate to stimulate nursing student interest in care of older adults. The purpose of this study was to determine if web sites of baccalaureate nursing (BSN) programs stimulate interest in care of older adults by quantifying and comparing images of older adults and children on baccalaureate nursing program web sites and examining the characteristics of these images. The reality that nurses primarily care for older adults is not reflected in images on BSN program web sites. This creates both a skewed perception of the nursing profession and a lost opportunity to stimulate interest in geriatric nursing.
面对美国人口迅速老龄化的现状，且鉴于老年人是使用医疗保健服务最多的人群，显然有必要激发护理专业学生对老年人护理的兴趣。本研究的目的是通过量化和比较本科护理（BSN）项目网站上老年人和儿童的图片，并考察这些图片的特征，来确定BSN项目网站是否能激发对老年人护理的兴趣。护士主要照顾老年人这一现实并未在BSN项目网站的图片中得到体现。这既造成了对护理专业的扭曲认知，也失去了激发对老年护理兴趣的机会。
