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April 15-16, 2019 | Frankfurt, Germany
Oncology Nursing and Cancer Care
16
th
International Conference on
Journal of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics | Volume 4
To assess knowledge about breast cancer awareness among novice nurses in tertiary
cancer centre
Jyoti Somabhai Patel
Tata Memorial Hospital, India
B
reast cancer is the most common cancer found
among women worldwide. Its incidence is
increasing in many countries. Nursing students are
the future paramedical personnel who will have the
opportunity to encourage and influence women
to be aware of the prevalence of breast cancer. A
cross-sectional study would be conducted to assess
the knowledge about breast cancer screening and
awareness among 50 novice nurses from a tertiary
cancer centre. A 25 question questionnaire (given
to every participating nurse by the principal
investigator herself) is derived from the Journal
Of Cancer Research And Therapeutics-Volume
13-Issue 2-April/June 2017 for the study and
it would be given to every nurse participating
in the study. It has been found through studies
that nurses lacked knowledge without prior
education on breast cancer awareness and breast
self examination. Hence this study would be carried
out to assess the same among the novice nurses.
Speaker Biography
Jyoti Somabhai Patel has completed her Diploma in General Nursing And
Midwifery from L.G. Gujarat Nursing Council, Gujarat in the year 1992.
She has done a course in Infection Control, from S.N.D.T College, Mumbai
conducted in Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. She has completed a
Head And Neck Cancer Certificate Course, from Tata Memorial Hospital
in 2006. She has a Diploma In Nursing Administration from Indira Gandhi
Open University, Mumbai in the year 2012. She is a MBA graduate in
Hospital Administration from ICFAI (Sikkim, Manipal University) Mumbai.
She has completed a Central Venous Access Device (CVAD) from S.N.D.T
College Mumbai. She has been awarded for her contribution by Radiation
Medicine Centre, BARC, Mumbai in the year 2014. Currently working
as a Nurse In charge in the department of Preventive Oncology at Tata
Memorial Hospital.
e:
jyotitmh@gmail.com