title: Making a case for systematic integration of theory-based tobacco education into graduate psychiatric/mental health nursing curriculum.
abstract: Tobacco use and dependence is a serious public health issue that disproportionately affects the mentally ill client population. Mental health professionals, including psychiatric/mental health advanced practice nurses (PMHAPNs), are disinclined to integrate tobacco cessation interventions into their practice, due in part, to a general lack of tobacco-related knowledge (C. Essenmacher, C. Karvonen-Gutierrez, J. Lynch-Sauer, & S. A., Duffy, 2008; A. J. Molina, T. Fernandez, D. Fernandez, M. Delgado, S. de Abajo, & V. Martin, 2012; L. Sarna, L. L. Danao, S. Chan, S. Shin, L. Baldago, E. Endo, & M. E. Wewers, 2006); D. Sharp, S. Blaakman, R. Cole, & J. Evinger, 2009). This paper provides an in-depth literature review of tobacco education in nursing curricula and proposes the systematic integration of theory-based tobacco content into psychiatric/mental health graduate nursing programs.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN 46236, USA. rschwind@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Rhonda G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Schwindt
authors.forename: Daryl
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D009042:Motivation; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009742:Nursing Theory; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014481:United States