title: [Opportunistic screening actions for breast cancer performed by nurses working in primary health care].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify opportunistic screening actions for breast cancer performed by nurses working in primary health care units in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study with 60 nurses from 28 units, who had been working for at least one year in the public municipal health care network. Data were collected between December 2013 and March 2014, by means of a questionnaire, using descriptive analysis and the software IBM SPSS version 20 and Microsoft Excel 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that 71.7% of the participants questioned their female patients as for risk factors for breast cancer, mainly during nursing consultation; 70.0% oriented users about the age to perform clinical breast exam, whereas 30.0% did not due to lack of knowledge and time; 60.0% explained about the age to perform mammogram; 73.3% did not refer patients with suspicious breast exam results to the referral department, citing scheduling as the main obstacle to referral. Educational activities were not performed by 78.3% of participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Investment is needed in professional training and management of breast cancer screening.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Débora Cherchiglia de
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Moraes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Maria de
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elisabeth Niglio de
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Alfenas, Alfenas, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edilaine Assunção Caetano de
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Loyola
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marislei Sanches
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Panobianco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D011320:Primary Health Care