Using nurses to forge a way to early detection of skin cancer

Clare Harvey; Colin Beauchamp; Christopher Lowings; Paul Katris; Thomas Harding; Maria Pearson; Rachel Forrest

Using nurses to forge a way to early detection of skin cancer

Clare Harvey
, Colin Beauchamp
, Christopher Lowings
, Paul Katris
, Thomas Harding
, Maria Pearson
, Rachel Forrest

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Abstract

Background: Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. The Lions Cancer Institute (Western Australia) (LCI) is a community funded organization that has provided free, population based skin cancer screening programmes since 1991. In a study undertaken in 1998, LCI identified that nurses are capable of identifying 96% of surgeon-classified suspicious lesions (Katris et al., 1998). In 2011, a further study was initiated in which the financial and clinical value of non-medical health professionals employed in this setting was explored.

Original language	English
Pages	67-68
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - Apr 2016
Event	Royal College of Nursing (RCN) International Nursing Research Conference 2016 - Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Apr 2016 → 8 Apr 2016 https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/research-and-innovation/research-events/rcn-2016-research-conference (Conference link)

Conference

Conference	Royal College of Nursing (RCN) International Nursing Research Conference 2016
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	6/04/16 → 8/04/16
Internet address	https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/research-and-innovation/research-events/rcn-2016-research-conference (Conference link)

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Skin cancer
Screening programmes
Nurses
Skin screening

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Using nurses to forge a way to early detection of skin cancer

Abstract

Conference

UN SDGs

Keywords

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