Nurses' practice of 5A's smoking cessation intervention in clinical settings of Beijing

Objective To identify nurses' practice of 5A's smoking cessation intervention in clinical settings of Beijing.Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 248 nurses by convenient sampling.The questionnaire included the frequency of nurses' practice of 5A's intervention and its influencing factors,nurses' self evaluation of competency,and tobacco-related curricula in school of nursing.Results Most nurses implemented “advice” and “evaluated the patients' smoking history and current status” more frequently,but nurses' practice of other interventions was dissatisfactory.The belief that smokers could benefit from quitting was facilitating,however the barriers included no motivations to quit smoking,heavy work,and the belief that helping smokers to quit is not the priority in nursing routine.The nurses got insufficient knowledge about smoking cessation through school education and in-service training (12.8％).Conclusions There's a big gap between the implementation of nurses' smoking cessation intervention,accepted smoking cessation education,smoking cessation intervention competency and the urgent demands to help patients quit smoking. Key words: Nurse; Smoking cessation; Investigation; Intervention