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- Title
Nipple-Areola Tattoos: Making the Right Referral.
- Authors
DiCenso, Dina; Fischer-Cartlidge, Erica
- Abstract
Purpose/Objectives: To examine oncology care providers' knowledge of tattooing options for patients who have elected to have breast reconstruction as part of their breast cancer treatment. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: A large metropolitan cancer center in New York and various locations across the United States. Sample: 68 oncology care providers who work with women with breast cancer, distributed into two groups: RNs (n = 43) and non-RNs (n = 25). Methods: Descriptive statistics were used to summarize online survey responses for the two groups, with inferential comparisons made with logistic regression models. Main Research Variables: Healthcare profession, discussion of reconstructive tattoo options with patients, knowledge of providers of reconstructive tattoos outside of traditional healthcare settings, and recommendations made to patients. Findings: RNs were significantly less likely to recommend a professional tattoo artist to a patient than non-RNs, despite a similar proportion of both groups believing that a tattoo artist would provide the patient with a better tattoo than healthcare providers (HCPs). Conclusions: Additional research is needed to identify education deficits in HCPs regarding tattoo reconstruction options. HCPs are recommending potentially substandard options for nipple-areola tattooing, even though many believe that tattoo artists, who are outside of the traditional healthcare setting, could provide better outcomes for patients. Implications for Nursing: Nurses and other HCPs require additional education about nipple-areola tattoo options for patients following breast cancer surgery.
- Subjects
NEW York (State); NIPPLE (Anatomy); BREAST tumors; ONCOLOGY nursing; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; HYGIENE; INSURANCE companies; INTERVIEWING; MAMMAPLASTY; RESEARCH evaluation; SAFETY; SURVEYS; TATTOOING; QUALITATIVE research; LOGISTIC regression analysis; SAMPLE size (Statistics); CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio; SURGERY
- Publication
Oncology Nursing Forum, 2015, Vol 42, Issue 6, pE376
- ISSN
0190-535X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1188/15.ONF.E376-E381