Response to Underwood S & Ryan T (2010) Commentary on Sarna L, Bialous SA, Wells M, Kotlerman J, Wewers ME & Froelicher ES (2009) Frequency of nurses' smoking cessation interventions: report from a national survey. Journal of Clinical Nursing19, 294-296.

摘要

The Global Health Professions Students Survey (GHPSS) conducted by Warren et al. (2009) demonstrates that the concerns expressed by Underwood and Ryan (2010) in their commentary on our article (Sarna et al. 2009) affect nursing education and nurses' ability to intervene with patients all over the world. The findings from the GHPSS indicate that smoking among nurses and nursing students remains high in many countries, and the lack of formal education on tobacco dependence treatment is a common trait of nursing programmes. Fortunately, the GHPSS demonstrated that the majority (89%) of nursing students believe they have a role in offering smoking cessation interventions, and 91% believed that they should receive formal training to perform this role. Our experience in conducting surveys and workshops for nurses in the United States, India (Sarna & Bialous 2009b) and China (Chan et al. 2008, 2009) confirms the findings of the GHPSS; nurses are eager and willing to learn more about tobacco dependence treatment and want to offer evidence-based intervention to their patients in hospitals and primary care settings. Nurses also welcome the opportunity to network and learn from each others' experience in practice and research.