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Smoking Among Psychiatric Nurses: Does It Hinder Tobacco Dependence Treatment?

School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles, lsarna{at}sonnet.ucla.edu

Stella Aguinaga Bialous

Tobacco Policy International

Marjorie J. Wells

School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles

Jenny Kotlerman

David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

BACKGROUND: Data on tobacco dependence treatment for patients with mental illness are limited. OBJECTIVE: Describe factors associated with psychiatric nurses' tobacco interventions. STUDY DESIGN: Survey of 100 psychiatric nurses. RESULTS: The majority "always/usually" asked (87%), advised (70%), and assessed (74%) tobacco use. A minority (49%) assisted with quit attempts, and arranged (21%) for follow-up. Former (56%, odds ratio [OR] = 0.13, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.02, 0.88) and current smokers (20%, OR = .08, 95% CI = 0.01, 0.72) were less likely to ask about tobacco use than never smokers. CONCLUSIONS: Efforts are needed to promote tobacco cessation and to support nurses who smoke to quit.

Key Words: psychiatric nurses • tobacco dependence treatment • smoking cessation • mental illness • smoking

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Vol. 15, No. 1, 59-67 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1078390308330638


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