title: Skin cancer: increasing awareness and screening in primary care.
abstract: Skin cancer screening (SCS) promotes early detection and improves treatment. Primary care providers are strategically positioned to provide screenings, yet the frequency is low. Strategies to improve SCS include increasing skin cancer awareness, targeting high-risk patient populations, and advocating for primary care providers to conduct screenings.
authors.affiliation: Randy Gordon is a doctor of nursing practice, Graduate Faculty, Department of Community/Mental Health at the University of South Alabama, College of Nursing, Mobile, Ala.
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D059017:Primary Care Nursing; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*