title: An evaluation of the Ulster Cancer Foundation's Nurses and Smoking Package and its impact on student nurses.
abstract: The Ulster Cancer Foundation's teaching package Nurses and Smoking was evaluated by testing nurses' knowledge and skills in the area of smoking-related health education. As smoking is still a major cause of mortality and morbidity, does the nurses' training equip them with an adequate knowledge of its consequences? Questionnaire data, together with material from in-depth interviews, were analysed and pre- and post-package results produced significant differences (P less than 0.001) between the experimental and control groups, suggesting that a teaching package significantly improves a nurse's knowledge and expertise with regard to smoking and its effect on both patients and their environment.
authors.affiliation: School of Education, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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authors.lastname: Lazenbatt
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authors.lastname: McEwen
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009660:Northern Ireland; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D012380:Role; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013664:Teaching Materials / Q000592:standards*