Finding a Lump in Your Breast: Where to Go....What to Do (EduCare library series) [Paperback]

Judy C. Kneece (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1996 | Series: EduCare library series

Written for women who have: a lump, suspicious mammography reports, breast pain, lumpy breasts, breast discharge, benign breast disease, "high risk" heritage after a family or personal diagnosis of breast cancer, a desire to know more Featuring:
*Full Breast Health Glossary
*Breast Pain Assessment Sheets
*Breast Discharge Assessment
*Breast Self-Exam Instructions
*Diagnostic Procedures
*Over 50 Illustrations

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A comprehensive overview on benign breast disease and early detection...A useful book for the woman who wants to monitor her own breast health and take control of her care." -- National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO)

"At last! A book that addresses the many unanswered questions women have regarding breast problems...Easy to understand and flowing text...A 'must read' for any woman who wants to understand her own breast health." -- Dr. Kamilia Kozlowski, Clinical Diagnostic Breast Radiologist

About the Author

Judy C. Kneece , RN, OCN is a certified oncology nurse with a speciality in breast cancer and a Mammacare Specialist. She presently serves hospitals and breast health centers as an international Breast Health Consultant in the educational and psychosocial needs of breast cancer patients and their families. She implements a program of comprehensive education, training nurses to fill the breast health education role and setting up a complete program of support for the entire family unit. Judy also trains nurses, physcians and mammography technologists in the management of breast disease.

Judy is the author of Your Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook, a patient's guide through the breast cancer experience and Helping Your Mate Face Breast Cancer, a book for their support partners. Helping Your Mate Face Breast Cancer has been critically acclaimed by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute as being an essential need for those supporting a recently diagnosed patient. Her other works include Solving The Mystery of Breast Discharge, Solving The Mystery of Breast Pain, and a computer program featuring 236 patient teaching sheets on breast health for clinics, hospitals and physicians'offices. Judy serves as Secretary of the National Consortium of Breast Centers and as Managing Editor of their national newsletter, The Breast Center Bulletin. She has published over 30 articles on breast health and is contributing editor for several national magazines on breast and cancer care.

Judy speaks widely on the topic of breast cancer education and triumphant survivorship as a keynote and conference speaker.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Edu Care Inc; 2 edition (January 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886665044
• ISBN-13: 978-1886665040
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,768,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Judy C. Kneece is the president of EduCare and a certified oncology nurse with a specialty in breast cancer. She was working as an acute care oncology nurse when she first observed the multitude of challenges faced by breast cancer patients. In 1991, inspired by these patients' courage and spirit, and her personal experience with a family member battling breast cancer, Judy made the decision to devote her life to changing the way healthcare is provided to breast cancer patients.

Shortly after making her decision, Judy was given the opportunity to start a program of support for breast cancer patients in her hospital. She saw that a breast cancer diagnosis was more than a medical challenge for a patient-it also presented social and personal challenges that were rarely addressed, and which could significantly impede a patient's recovery. Knowing that women needed more than medical treatment to arrive at recovery emotionally intact, Judy developed a program that addressed patients' emotional and social issues, in addition to providing medical education and navigation of the patient throughout the continuum of care.

After gaining national attention for her program's success with patients and administrators, Judy wanted to help other facilities develop their own program. In 1994, with a passion in her heart and a small inheritance used for start-up funds, Judy began EduCare Inc. as a breast health training and publishing company. Over the past fifteen years, EduCare has been a pioneer in developing patient education, educational materials and healthcare professional training. Judy continues to be an advocate for change in breast care, knowing that her voice echoes the pleas of thousands of women and men diagnosed yearly for improved education and support.

Since 1994, more than 2,000 nurses have completed the EduCare Breast Health Navigator course preparing them to educate, support, and successfully navigate patients and training them to implement interdisciplinary care conferences for physicians in their facility.

Because comprehensive breast health centers and patient navigation were new concepts, Judy began teaching national Strategic Planning workshops for breast center administrators. Her complete "how-to" center guide has allowed more than 500 hospitals to implement comprehensive breast programs incorporating the nurse for patient navigation and to start interdisciplinary care patient conferences.

To understand the real needs of patients, Judy conducted national focus groups allowing patients to share their experiences. The information gleaned from the groups helped advance the development of materials and services to better serve patients with recurrence and sexuality issues after chemotherapy. The first focus groups, held in 9 facilities nationwide during 2000, were on recurrent breast cancer. In 2001, they were followed by groups in 11 facilities nationwide that focused on sexuality after chemotherapy. The survey data has been shared with other organizations to help them improve services.

EduCare has developed the COPE Library: Breast Health Edition, which consists of over 400 topics, allowing nurses and doctors to deliver symptom-specific education efficiently. Each topic is customized with the facility's name and contact information and can be printed on-demand from the healthcare provider's own computer.

Professionally, Judy has published five books, The Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook (7th Edition), Breast Cancer Support Partner Handbook (7th Edition), Finding A Lump in Your Breast, Solving The Mystery of Breast Pain and Solving The Mystery of Breast Discharge. Training manuals include The Breast Health Navigator Manual, The Comprehensive Breast Center Strategic Planning Manual and Breast Center Design.

EduCare continues to have their hand on the pulse of patients and navigators, sensing their needs and developing tools to meet the ever changing challenges of breast health care delivery. All educational materials are kept up-to-date and cover current treatment issues. The products are designed to be educational and do not offer treatment advice, only explanations allowing allowing the healthcare provider to be the guiding force in care delivery.

Judy has published over 40 articles in national publications about patient-focused care, breast cancer navigation, survivorship and comprehensive breast center development. She served as Administrative Radiology Journal Breast Health Editor during 1995-1996. She also served as secretary and was on the Advisory Board for the National Consortium of Breast Centers. She presently serves on the American College of Surgeons' National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) on the Education Committee and on the Advisory Board for the national Clinical Breast Care Project for Windber/Walter Reed Medical Center.

In May of 2007, Judy was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Charleston Southern University for her outstanding work and contributions to improve cancer care delivery.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book on breast health, November 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Finding a Lump in Your Breast: Where to Go....What to Do (EduCare library series) (Paperback)

The book gives advise on healthy lifestyle factors that may reduce the risk of cancer. New and better methods of breast self-exam are taught along with step-by-step pictures. The book describes breast changes to look for and when to see a doctor. A listing of medications that may cause breast changes is included. There is a very good explanation of different types of breast abnormalities. The book also has a good discussion of diagnostic and surgical procedures. The book is easy to follow and understand, and it has a glossary of medical terms used ib breast care.

5.0 out of 5 stars Breast Self-Exam Early Detection:Finding a Lump in Your Breast, August 6, 2009

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This review is from: Finding a Lump in Your Breast: Where to Go....What to Do (EduCare library series) (Paperback)

I am passionate about breast self-exam and early detection! I have designed the Breastology Bag ([...]) a friendly and whimsical breast self-exam teaching tool that teaches women how to feel for breast changes. The information in this book provided me with a wealth of knowledge about breast health! Judy Kneece has enhanced my understanding about the science and art of self-care!

Jerilynn Leckrone, RN, BSN

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book on breast health, November 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Finding a Lump in Your Breast: Where to Go....What to Do (EduCare library series) (Paperback)

The book gives advise on healthy lifestyle factors that may reduce the risk of cancer. New and better methods of breast self-exam are taught along with step-by-step pictures. The book describes breast changes to look for and when to see a doctor. A listing of medications that may cause breast changes is included. There is a very good explanation of different types of breast abnormalities. The book also has a good discussion of diagnostic and surgical procedures. The book is easy to follow and understand, and it has a glossary of medical terms used in breast care.