Knowledge about cervical cancer and awareness of Pap smear screening among female nurses in Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah.

Introduction  
Nurses play an important role in promoting public health awareness to inform, encourage and motivate the public in considering health screening such as Pap smear.   

Objective  
The aim of this study to assess the knowledge level about cervical cancer and awareness of Pap smear screening among nurses in HPSF    

Methodology  
A descriptive, cross-sectional design was carry out, a self-administered questionnaire using stratified random method involved the 260 registered nurses in HPSF. SPSS version 22 was used to describe the study outcome.   

Results and Discussion   
In this study showed overall the nurses in HPSF, have a level good knowledge about cervical cancer was (87.1%) and the moderate awareness of Pap smear was (53.9%). The association between experiences of years of services and awareness among participants were found significant with P value was 0.014. In this study, we helped the nursing management and education training curricula, and they need to review to incorporate practical skills on cervical cancer screening.   

Conclusion  
Nurses can be empowered with knowledge of cervical cancer and play an important role in awareness, encourage and motivate among nurses in health screening of Pap smear. The training of education to effective personnel involvement in the implement of cervical screening program are needed.  

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