Tobacco use is the one of the most addicting and detrimental habits in the United States. This addictive property is due to the nicotine, a stimulant substance in tobacco. The effects of nicotine can cause complications in itself, including an increased risk for peripheral arterial disease, delayed wound healing, peptic ulcer disease, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The most harmful method of nicotine use is smoking, which has a damaging effect on nearly all organs of the body. Smoking is linked to many diseases including chronic lung disease, cancers, and pneumonia. The constant respiratory irritation from cigarette smoking is a key risk factor in the development of COPD and lung cancer. The gases inhaled from a cigarette causes constriction of the bronchi, numb the cilia, thickens the mucus-secreting membranes, dilates the distal airways, and destroys the alveolar walls. A particular component of a cigarette is carbon monoxide; this gas increases the risk for coronary artery disease. Carbon monoxide readily binds with
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All 98 nurses were female and 64% of the nurses worked in the medical surgical unit. The participants of the study attended a one-hour educational program about smoking cessation and a survey was given. The same survey was given during prestudy and post study, with prestudy serving as the baseline measurement. The survey evaluated the nurses’ frequency (“always, usually, sometimes, rarely, never”) of use of smoking cessation interventions including the 5 A’s, recommendation of pharmacologic interventions, identifying barriers, and providing options for the patient that will aid in smoking cessation. In addition to frequency, on a subscale of strongly disagree and strongly agree, the nurses evaluated their own attitudes about smoking and their ability and confidence to aid and counsel patients in quitting
All 98 nurses were female and 64% of the nurses worked in the medical surgical unit. The participants of the study attended a one-hour educational program about smoking cessation and a survey was given. The same survey was given during prestudy and post study, with prestudy serving as the baseline measurement. The survey evaluated the nurses’ frequency (“always, usually, sometimes, rarely, never”) of use of smoking cessation interventions including the 5 A’s, recommendation of pharmacologic interventions, identifying barriers, and providing options for the patient that will aid in smoking cessation. In addition to frequency, on a subscale of strongly disagree and strongly agree, the nurses evaluated their own attitudes about smoking and their ability and confidence to aid and counsel patients in quitting