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A 10 page review of a study completed in Iceland evaluating the effectiveness of a one-year smoking cessation program. This paper comments on the appropriateness of the study’s inclusion in a systematic review of the literature related to this intervention. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
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is responsible for a vast diversity of physiological complications. Convincing someone to stop smoking, however, is often a difficult task. This is often even true once an individual
has developed serious smoking related problems. For those hospitalized with lung disease in particular, however, finding a means to assure long term smoking cessation is imperative. Smoking cessation
results in improved lung function and in symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. It also is associated with a decrease in sputum production. Smoking cessation programs
initiated in the hospital environment are believed to be more impressionable on patients and this impressionability can translate into long term success.
Intervention Studies in Nursing Education Authors Jonsdottir, Jonsdottir, Geirsdottir, et. al. (2004) report on
the results of a long-term multicomponent individualized smoking cessation intervention that is particularly suited for inclusion in nursing education. This program was modeled around the Transtheoretical Model, a model
that recognizes the importance of the relationships that can emerge between care provider and patient and how these relationships can influence outcome (Townsend, 2000).
This study is advantageous in many other ways as well to the nursing educator. It utilizes methodologies that are within the reach of most nurse educators.
The role of nursing educator involves a familiarity with a diversity of approaches for combating disease. This requirement encompasses both a familiarity with effective approaches and less effective
approaches. This role also demands a familiarity with how patients think and the best way to intercede to convince them of the importance of lifestyle changes. Long term
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