Roles of Nurses in Promoting Cervical Cancer Awareness
Riihinen, Jessieflor (2023)
2023
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Nurses play a significant part in influencing the public by spreading awareness about cervical cancer to both men and women educating the possible causes of getting the disease and its risk factors. They should be the source of information about the importance of participating in cervical cancer screening, pap smears, and HPV vaccination for preteens. When promoting awareness to the public, nurses should understand the illness, beliefs of the patients, and culture, gaining the patient’s trust and influencing their behavior towards the relationship between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer.
The research aims to gather information from available evidence-based literature about the role of nurses in promoting cervical cancer awareness. The study aims to raise awareness about cervical cancer in the early stage to reduce the risk of developing the disease globally.
The study was conducted through a literature review, extracting data from CINAHL Ultimate, PubMed, and Medline. The researcher has found six (6) research articles that answered the research question. During the study, the researcher identified four (4) themes from these articles, for instance: Upkeep the nursing skills and competencies in cervical cancer prevention and care, Multi-professionalism and patient-centered interventions to promote health and cervical cancer awareness, Creating an approach to how to deal with the patient’s challenges and General patient education regarding the importance of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccine.
Cervical cancer is preventable and curable when diagnosed in early stage. Nurses are the closest healthcare professionals in the society, the source of primary education about cervical cancer screening, pap smear, and HPV vaccine; therefore, nurses should be devoted to spreading awareness, especially the rural and community nurses taking action in collaboration with the local and administrative department thus the less privileged in the society can partake the program in eliminating the cervical cancer.
The research aims to gather information from available evidence-based literature about the role of nurses in promoting cervical cancer awareness. The study aims to raise awareness about cervical cancer in the early stage to reduce the risk of developing the disease globally.
The study was conducted through a literature review, extracting data from CINAHL Ultimate, PubMed, and Medline. The researcher has found six (6) research articles that answered the research question. During the study, the researcher identified four (4) themes from these articles, for instance: Upkeep the nursing skills and competencies in cervical cancer prevention and care, Multi-professionalism and patient-centered interventions to promote health and cervical cancer awareness, Creating an approach to how to deal with the patient’s challenges and General patient education regarding the importance of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccine.
Cervical cancer is preventable and curable when diagnosed in early stage. Nurses are the closest healthcare professionals in the society, the source of primary education about cervical cancer screening, pap smear, and HPV vaccine; therefore, nurses should be devoted to spreading awareness, especially the rural and community nurses taking action in collaboration with the local and administrative department thus the less privileged in the society can partake the program in eliminating the cervical cancer.