The ability of trained nurses to detect lumps in a test set of silicone breast models
✍ Scribed by Mary Alice Trapp; Thomas E. Kottke; Robert A. Vierkant; Judith S. Kaur; Thomas A. Sellers
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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✦ Synopsis
BACKGROUND.
Screening for breast carcinoma is a Healthy People 2000 objective and physical examination is an important component of the screening process.
However, many women do not have access to a high quality breast examination. To help address this problem for Native American women, the authors developed the Nurses Providing Annual Cancer Screening (NPACS) training program, a week-long training session conducted at the nurses' clinical site. The goal of the current study was to demonstrate that, after receiving training, the nurses can detect masses in breast models at acceptably high rates. METHODS. Thirty-four nurses who had completed the NPACS training program performed examinations of a test set of six silicone breast models. True-positive and false-positive rates of lump detection were calculated.