Knowledge about Ageing Process and attitude Towards Elderly: Need for Geriatric Nursing-A Cross Sectional Survey

Ageing is an inevitable dimension of life and is a consistent process. A cross sectional survey was conducted at Sree Gokulam Nursing College, Trivandrum campus among nurses to state the need for geriatric nursing. Nurses who gathered to attend a workshop on Geriatric Care were enrolled by purposive sampling technique for the study, after getting informed consent. Main objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding ageing process and attitude towards elderly, to find out the correlation between knowledge regarding ageing and attitude towards elderly. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were used to analyze the data. Results elicited majority of the subjects had good knowledge regarding ageing (71%), and favorable attitude towards elderly (52%) & also a positive correlation (r=0.87) between knowledge about ageing and attitude towards elderly. The need for geriatric nursing can be projected out by the study findings.