A smoke-free environment: psychiatric nurses respond.
1. After only 1 month of establishing a smoke-free environment, 75% of the staff on Ward "A" and 70% of the staff on Ward "B" reported that the nonsmoking policy was a success. 2. Levine's Four Conservation Principles of Nursing provide a conceptual framework for developing nursing interventions that address the patient with an urge to smoke. 3. Administrative implications for nurses who manage a smoke-free unit have been presented as guidelines that can foster a successful transition to a smoke-free environment.
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College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago.
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D006293:Health Promotion; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires