Keeping a watchful eye. Receipt of preventive service screening recommendations by women in long-term care facilities.
This study explored the extent to which women in long-term care facilities received preventive screening services. Physical examination screening of women residents exceeded the 40% recommendation of Healthy People 2000 with the exception of clinical breast examination and Pap smears. Laboratory and screening procedures--cholesterol, thyroid, and tuberculin testing--fell short of recommendations. Nurses in long-term care have an opportunity to enhance residents' quality of life by ensuring consistent use of preventive screening services.
McCabe
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College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
Bergman-Evans
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Grasser
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000592:standards; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000592:standards*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000592:standards*