<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Introduction.</bold> Breast cancer has been one of the biggest oncological problems both in Poland and around the world. In 2014, a total of 17,379 new cases of this disease were diagnosed in Poland, which constitutes 22% of all cancer types in women. A growing number of women suffering from this type of cancer poses a challenge for the future nurses who should have enough knowledge to professionally plan and implement high quality care to their patients.<bold>Aim.</bold> To investigate whether nursing students have knowledge about breast cancer prevention.<bold>Methods.</bold> The study was conducted in 2019 and included 166 nursing students from the Medical University of Warsaw. The diagnostic survey method was used to collect data, and with the author’s consent, a survey developed by dr Jolanta Sielska was used.<bold>Results.</bold> Over a half of the respondents (67.58%) knew correct answers regarding the principles of breast cancer prevention. Out of maximum of 22 points, students in average scored a total of 14.87 points, indicating a good level of knowledge regarding this issue. The majority of students (96.39%) claimed they knew the principles of breast self-examination. One fourth of the respondents (26.51%) rated their knowledge in the field of breast cancer prevention as 7 on a scale from 1 to 10. There was no correlation between students’ self-assessment of their knowledge and the actual level of knowledge regarding this topic.<bold>Conclusions.</bold> Nursing students from the Medical University of Warsaw generally have good knowledge about breast cancer prevention. This suggests that they are prepared to educate their future patients during professional work.</abstract>

Introduction. Breast cancer has been one of the biggest oncological problems both in Poland and around the world. In 2014, a total of 17,379 new cases of this disease were diagnosed in Poland, which constitutes 22% of all cancer types in women. A growing number of women suffering from this type of cancer poses a challenge for the future nurses who should have enough knowledge to professionally plan and implement high quality care to their patients.Aim. To investigate whether nursing students have knowledge about breast cancer prevention.Methods. The study was conducted in 2019 and included 166 nursing students from the Medical University of Warsaw. The diagnostic survey method was used to collect data, and with the author’s consent, a survey developed by dr Jolanta Sielska was used.Results. Over a half of the respondents (67.58%) knew correct answers regarding the principles of breast cancer prevention. Out of maximum of 22 points, students in average scored a total of 14.87 points, indicating a good level of knowledge regarding this issue. The majority of students (96.39%) claimed they knew the principles of breast self-examination. One fourth of the respondents (26.51%) rated their knowledge in the field of breast cancer prevention as 7 on a scale from 1 to 10. There was no correlation between students’ self-assessment of their knowledge and the actual level of knowledge regarding this topic.Conclusions. Nursing students from the Medical University of Warsaw generally have good knowledge about breast cancer prevention. This suggests that they are prepared to educate their future patients during professional work.

Knowledge of nursing students about breast cancer prevention

Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Introduction. Breast cancer has been one of the biggest oncological problems both in Poland and around the world. In 2014, a total of 17,379 new cases of this...

Knowledge of nursing students about breast cancer prevention

Published Online: Jun 22, 2020

Page range: 102 - 109

Received: Apr 05, 2020

Accepted: May 05, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2020-0012

Keywords
breast cancer, nursing students, prevention, knowledge

© 2020 Julita Cichomska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Knowledge of nursing students about breast cancer prevention

Published Online: Jun 22, 2020

Page range: 102 - 109

Received: Apr 05, 2020

Accepted: May 05, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2020-0012

Keywordsbreast cancer, nursing students, prevention, knowledge

© 2020 Julita Cichomska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
breast cancer, nursing students, prevention, knowledge