+441518081136To assess knowledge about breast cancer awareness among novice nurses in tertiary cancer centre
16th International Conference on Oncology Nursing and Cancer Care
April 15-16, 2019 | Frankfurt, Germany
Jyoti Somabhai Patel
Tata Memorial Hospital, India
Scientific Tracks Abstracts : J Med Oncl Ther
Abstract:
Breast 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.
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-mail: jyotitmh@gmail.com
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