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Tobacco Intervention Training in Graduate Psychiatric Nursing Education Programs

Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH; jprice{at}utnet.utoledo.edu

Timothy R. Jordan

Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

James D. Jeffrey

Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

M. Scott Stanley

Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Joy A. Price

Department of Psychiatry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

BACKGROUND: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death, with the highest rate of cigarette smoking seen in mentally ill people. OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the content, amount of time, and educational techniques used in tobacco education training for graduate psychiatric nurses. STUDY DESIGN: A national mail survey of all graduate psychiatric nursing education programs. RESULTS: One-third of programs offered detailed (>1 hr) information on stages of change, the 5 A's and 5 R's. The majority of basic science tobacco topics were not covered or were covered briefly, and the 6 sociopolitical topics were not covered by the majority of programs. Training was by the traditional didactic method using scientific literature reviews. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence of the need to improve the education of psychiatric nurses as tobacco interventionists at both the individual level and the legislative and policy formulation level. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc, 2008; 14(2), 117-124. DOI: 10.1177/1078390307311973

Key Words: tobacco education • tobacco cessation • psychiatric nurses • mental illness

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Vol. 14, No. 2, 117-124 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1078390307311973


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