Publications by authors named "Linda Reveling Smith"

Background: With an aging population, it is critical that nurses are educated and prepared to offer quality healthcare to this client group. Incorporating gerontology content into nursing curricula and addressing students' perceptions and career choices in relation to working with older adults are important faculty concerns.

Objectives: To examine the impact of a stand-alone course in gerontological nursing on undergraduate nursing students' perceptions of working with older adults and career intentions.

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Maintaining scholarship while delivering an undergraduate nursing program is a challenge for nursing faculty. In this paper, we describe an approach that involves undergraduate nursing students in a program of faculty research, which evaluates new approaches to teaching and learning. Students work with faculty to develop a research proposal, identifying specific questions and exploring relevant literature.

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Background: The benefits of intergenerational contact between older and younger adults have been demonstrated, yet nursing programmes have generally failed to build upon this potential. Nursing students have been deterred from identifying gerontological nursing as a career choice because of poor placement experiences, suggesting a need to develop practicum placements that reveal the potential impact of nursing when working with older adults. This study describes an evaluation of a partnership approach to learning involving nursing students and older adults.

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The benefits of intergenerational contact between older and young adults have been demonstrated; yet, nursing programs have underexplored the potential of such relationships for enhancing student learning. This article presents an analysis of student reflective journals as part of an evaluation of an undergraduate gerontological nursing course. The course aims to create positive learning experiences by involving older adults as partners in student learning.

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