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Nurse provision of support to help inpatients quit smoking
Malone, V. Ezard, Nadine Hodge, S. Ferguson, L. Schembri, Anthony Bonevski, B.
Malone, V.
Ezard, Nadine
Hodge, S.
Ferguson, L.
Schembri, Anthony
Bonevski, B.
Abstract
Issue addressed: Identification of the factors that facilitate nurses to provide smoking cessation advice to hospitalised patients. Method: Six semistructured focus groups with 26 nurses were conducted in June 2015. Participants completed a structured survey to collect patient demographic data and assess attitudes towards their role in addressing smoking cessation among inpatients. Results: Important themes that emerged from the qualitative data were: nurses’ negative perceptions of smokers, nurses’ confidence in their knowledge of smoking cessation care and nurses’ uncertainty around whose role it is to provide smoking cessation care. Conclusion: Nurses require training in order to confidently and competently address smoking among inpatients as part of routine care. Formal ways to document the smoking status of inpatients and the offer of smoking cessation support from a nurse to an inpatient would enhance the communication between nurses around which inpatients had been asked about their smoking status and which had not. For patients who are resistant to conventional cessation strategies, innovative ways are needed to reduce the harm caused to them by tobacco use. So what? Nurses need to be provided with education and training around smoking cessation to increase their confidence and skills to provide smoking cessation care to inpatients.
Keywords
health education, qualitative methods, smoking cessation, tobacco use
Date
2017
Type
Journal article
Journal
Health Promotion Journal of Australia
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Volume
28
Issue
3
Page Range
251-254
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ACU Department
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
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