Nurses counseling patients about smoking cessation--why, when, and how.
In patient health education, nurses are a natural choice for on-the-spot counsellors and teachers. Yet many nurses feel uncomfortable about broaching subjects such as smoking cessation with their patients or the patients' families. The authors argue that it is time for nursing programs and hospitals to prepare and encourage nurses to take the initiative in smoking-cessation counseling.
Swenson
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University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Nursing.
Dalton
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Nettles-Carlson
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Friedman
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003376:Counseling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D015144:Southeastern United States; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires