Assessing ageist behaviours in undergraduate nursing students using the <scp>R</scp>elating to <scp>O</scp>lder <scp>P</scp>eople <scp>E</scp>valuation (<scp>ROPE</scp>) survey

Abstract

Nursing students report engaging in ageist behaviours that can have a negative effect on their future relationships with older patients. The ROPE survey can be used to make collective ageist behaviours explicit to students. Combining explicit collective information on ageist behaviours with educational strategies is proposed to address ageism in undergraduate nursing curricula.