Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to M R Yoshioca.
The purpose of this study is to discuss the utilization of informatics in nursing and the construction of computerized data bases by nursing professionals that have no previous experience with computers. Three data bases developed during the pos graduate nursing course are described.
The aim of this study was to identify the factors that influences the practice of breast self-examination (BSE) by nursing teachers. Seventy professionals were interviewed. Although all of them judged important the realization of the BSE, 20% didn't practice it. The identified factors were: the technical knowledge concerning breast cancer, the desire of early detection of possible alterations (80%), the lack of ability to identify those alterations, the fear of discovering some alterations and also negligence, possibly influenced by their beliefs and values about health.