title: Work stress, smoking habits and competence in supporting clients to cease smoking--a survey among Finnish nurses.
abstract: This paper describes results of a survey of Finnish nurses (n=882), their views of themselves as employees, their experiences of work stress and their competence to guide clients in smoking cessation. Nurses' skills to guide clients were fairly good but they had a lack of knowledge of smoking cessation centers and nicotine substitutions. The more positive the nurses' views were of themselves as employees, and the less they had experienced work stress related to their clients, the better they evaluated their skills and knowledge to guide clients to cease smoking. The results can be used to develop nurse education by providing a stronger knowledge base of smoking cessation. Nurses' view of themselves as employees could be strengthened by providing them with positive feedback from colleagues and managers.
authors: Department of Nursing Science, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Pelkonen
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Kankkunen
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011634:Public Health; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires