Florida nurse practitioners' attitudes and practices regarding oral cancer prevention and early detection

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 668-675

  Meng, Xiaoxian ^a   Duncan, R Paul ^b   Porter, Colleen K ^c   Li, Qing ^a   Tomar, Scott L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early detection; Nurse practitioners; Oral cancer; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 36749072720     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2007.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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