Preparing to be a Potential Elderly of Registered Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital

Abstract

Preparing for the stage of early adulthood is to prepare the elderly for living peacefully with well-beings and entering a quality old age in the future. This descriptive research aimed to study the level of preparation and factors related to the preparation to become a potential elderly of registered nurses in a tertiary care hospital. The samples consisted of 340 professional nurses working at a tertiary care hospital, and the data were collected from a general questionnaire, and a questionnaire evaluating the preparation for being a potential elderly.  The general data were analyzed via descriptive statistics and the researchers examine the factors related to preparing for a potential elderly of registered nurses by using Chi-square and Pearson's correlation statistics. 

In the holistic view, the results showed that the preparation of professional nurses was at a moderate level. The highest mean scores fell into the aspects of technology and innovation (= 3.94, SD.= 0.47),  and economy  ( = 3.73, S.D.=  0.58) whereas the moderate mean scores were health ( = 3.42, SD.= 0.41), home and environment ( = 3.34, S.D.= 0.79) and social aspects ( = 3.28, S.D.= 0.65) respectively. Moreover, factors related to the preparation to become a potential elderly of registered nurses were age       (r = 0.75) and income (c2 = 16.247), showing the statistical significance at the .01 level. However, other factors such as sex, marital status, highest educational background and current position had no statistical significance.  In short, the results can be effectively implemented to develop a model or a program for the appropriate preparation of becoming a potential senior citizen of registered nurses.