Student nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward dementia care: a systematic review
H. S. Maliga S. K. Wijesiri, Thilini Kumari Weerasingha, Nimantha Karunathilaka, Sarath Rathnayake · 2026
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H. S. Maliga S. K. Wijesiri and co-authors review what student nurses know and feel about dementia care in a 2026 review. Dementia care is hard work, so students need solid knowledge and a good outlook before they graduate. Five sources plus reference tracing gathered forty studies from 2013 to 2026, mostly surveys of twenty to several hundred students. Findings were merged in words rather than pooled counts.
Knowledge ran low to middling, with clear gaps in handling dementia, talking with patients, drug-related care, and care at life's end. Outlook leaned upbeat overall, though confidence sometimes lagged. Teaching programs, watched practice stints, and mentoring lifted both knowledge and outlook bit by bit. Later study year, past dementia contact, sex, and city living also helped. The authors urge set dementia content with hands-on learning.
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| CREATOR | H. S. Maliga S. K. Wijesiri, Thilini Kumari Weerasingha, Nimantha Karunathilaka, Sarath Rathnayake |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 107832 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |