Cervical cancer. 1: Role of nurses in the primary healthcare setting.
This two-part series examines the nurse's role when caring for women with cervical cancer. The incidence of cervical cancer, survival rates and trends of the disease are discussed, and the role of the nurse and his/her contribution to providing a quality cervical screening service to women is outlined. The nurse in primary healthcare settings takes the majority of smears. In order to detect cancer of the cervix at an early stage, it is important that the nurse provides women with sound and up-to-date information in a way that they understand.
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Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Department of Adult Nursing and Health Care, University of Hertfordshire.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007587:Job Description; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D014626:Vaginal Smears