Is the hospital setting the place for teaching breast self-examination?
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an instructional program for nurses educating them to teach breast self-examination (BSE) to hospitalized patients. Nurses' knowledge, attitudes, self-practice, and practice of teaching breast self-examination to patients were measured in a group who attended such a program and compared with those of a control group who did not attend. The researchers found that the instructional program increased nurses' teaching of BSE to their patients, but did not affect their own self-practice. Nurses' attitudes to teaching BSE were less favorable than for self-practice. Issues related to environments for teaching BSE are discussed.
Heyman
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University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH 44106.
Tyner
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Phipps
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Cave
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Owen
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D001940:Breast; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012648:Self Care; D016353:Self-Examination