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presented by Dedee Culley, RN
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Dedee Culley, RN
Dedee Culley is a registered nurse with more than 19 years of experience, with the last 10 years being specifically in the home health and hospice areas. She has been a field nurse, case manager, educator, and director of operations in agencies. She has also served as a clinical expert analyst for a software vendor,…
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1. Patients, Caregivers, and Types of Smoking: It Is More Involved Than You Think
When someone smokes, it not only affects them, but it affects people around them through a process called second-hand smoke. The nurse must be able to identify all smokers involved in the patient’s caregiving and be equipped to address each party with a plan of care/action. This chapter will explore the various parties involved as well as the growing types of smoking being encountered in home health.
2. How Smoking Affects Everyone: A Snapshot of U.S. Statistics
According to U.S statistics, smoking is a major cause of disease. This is not news to those in healthcare, and home health nurses are positioned to have a great positive impact on smoking cessation for their patients/caregivers. In this chapter, we will summarize the national statistics in a practical way to best empower nurses to address this national crisis.
3. How to Approach and Teach Smoking Cessation
After an assessment finds that there are smokers involved in a patient’s home, the nurse must determine the best method to devise a plan of care/action with the smoker so that they move towards smoking cessation. This chapter will prepare the nurse to begin the discussion and create a plan of care/action to help the smoker have the best opportunity for successful smoking cessation.
4. Starting a Smoking Cessation Program in Your Organization
Smoking cessation requires a team effort. Given this, an organization with a smoking cessation program can empower every team member to support patients/caregivers in their journey to stop smoking. This chapter will recommend resources available to organizations for information and how to start your own organizational smoking cessation program.
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