A nurse-managed smoking cessation intervention during diagnostic testing for lung cancer.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the effectiveness of a nurse-managed smoking cessation intervention.


METHODS
Prospective, descriptive, one-group, pretest/post-test.


METHODS
Urban, academic, tertiary-care setting.


METHODS
Fifteen adult male and female smokers with a suspected diagnosis of lung cancer who were admitted to an inpatient thoracic surgery unit for diagnostic testing.


METHODS
Subjects received a nurse-managed smoking cessation intervention during hospitalization with subsequent verification of smoking status at a clinic visit six weeks postintervention.


METHODS
Self-reported smoking status and saliva cotinine levels at six weeks postintervention.


RESULTS
Eighty-seven percent of subjects reported an intent to quit smoking within the month. At six weeks postintervention, 93% of the subjects reported at least one cessation attempt, and 40% were confirmed, via saliva cotinine analysis, as abstinent from smoking during the prior week.


CONCLUSIONS
A nurse-managed smoking cessation intervention was successful in achieving short-term cessation.


CONCLUSIONS
Hospitalization for diagnostic testing associated with lung cancer may represent an opportunity for nurses to deliver a smoking-cessation intervention.
Wewers
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Ohio State University College of Nursing, Columbus, USA.
Jenkins
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Mignery
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*