Abstract
This issue of Workplace Health & Safety contains a Continuing Nursing Education Module for 1.0 contact hour of continuing nursing education credit will be awarded by AAOHN upon successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.
A certificate will be awarded when the following requirements are met by the participant: (1) Participant logs on to the AAOHN LMS website at www.aaohn.org/education/online-learning-center and enrolls in the course ($10 members; $15 non-members); (2) The completed posttest and course evaluation are entered online at http://www.aaohn.org by November 2022; (3) A score of 75% (6 correct answers) is achieved by the participant.
Upon completion of this lesson, the occupational health nurse will be able to:
Describe the factors that affect Occupational Health Nurses’ (OHNs) self-efficacy and motivation for providing smoking cessation interventions (SCI) and guide research needed to enhance SCI programs.
Identify the importance of using evidence-based research findings to guide changes in clinical practice for motivating smoking cessation.
The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is an Approved Provider of continuing nursing education by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. is additionally approved as a CNE provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing (#CEP9283).
Contact hours received for successful completion of the posttest and evaluation may be used for relicensure, certification, and re-certification.
Training Self-efficacy Education Years of experience
It affects 25% of white collar workers The World Health Organization (WHO) predicted that smoking kills 10 million people per year Smoking leads to adverse health affects Nearly 50 million adults are using tobacco
A web-based program directed at communicating with a large group of employees A personalized approach that includes follow-up to assist in smoking cessation A Zoom-based program that allows a nurse to communicate with a group of workers simultaneously A classroom based program that allows a nurse to work with a group of three (3) workers at a time
True False
Determine which smoking cessation interventions work best Determine factors that affect OHNs’ self-efficacy and motivation for providing SCI To validate that no more research is needed on SCI because nurses intuitively know it works Evaluate if organizational support makes a difference in SCI
Articles written in English or Spanish Articles that address nurses’ experience with SCI Articles published in a peer-reviewed journal between 2013-2018 Articles that address nurses’ personal smoking history
Nurse education and attitude Nurse and organizational character Social influence and organizational support Economic status and attitude
The review was done by multiple librarians not familiar with SCI The studies picked for review were only from the western part of the United States Subjective determination of themes for OHN and nurse self-efficacy was done only by the author Generalizability was affected by the limited evidence related to OHN practice