Effects of Elderly Care Voluntary Program on Nursing College Students

Chung, Kwi-Ae; Jang, Hee-Jung

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 2011;17(2):200-207.
Published online August 31, 2011.

Chung, Kwi-Ae;Jang, Hee-Jung;

¹Department of Nursing, Yeungnam College of Science & Technology
²Department of Nursing, Yeungnam College of Science & Technology

간호대학생의 노인간호봉사 프로그램의 효과

정귀애, 장희정

¹영남이공대학 간호과
²영남이공대학 간호과

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to develop an elderly care volunteer program for nursing students and to evaluate its effects. Method: An elderly care volunteer program was developed and then used with 77 nursing students for 6 months. Before and after the program, students responded with a questionnaire on knowledge, attitude and behavior toward the elderly. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, $x^2$-test, t-test, and Repeated measure ANOVA. Result: The elderly care volunteer program significantly improved knowledge toward elderly between the experimental and control groups but not in attitude and behavior toward elderly. Conclusion: This study shows that the elderly care volunteer program was an effective service-learning program to improve knowledge toward elderly for nursing students.

Key Words: Elderly, Volunteer program, Nursing students