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Smoking Cessation Education for Acute Care Nurses by Dawn A. Garcia-Brinker MS, Washburn Universi... more Smoking Cessation Education for Acute Care Nurses by Dawn A. Garcia-Brinker MS, Washburn University 2009 BS, Baker University, 1995 Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice Walden University November 2018 Abstract Tobacco use among veterans is significantly higher than among members of the general population. The purpose of this quality-improvement project was to increase acute care staff members’ knowledge and confidence in using tobacco cessation interventions to increase quit rates among the inpatients of a veterans’ hospital in the midwestern region of the United States. An evidence-based, standardized Tobacco Tactics Toolkit was developed and implemented, and a 6 sigma method guided the quality improvement process to define, measure, analyze, improve, and control the tobacco-cessation education initiative. The reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance framework was used to ensure that evidenc...
Smoking Cessation Education for Acute Care Nurses by Dawn A. Garcia-Brinker MS, Washburn Universi... more Smoking Cessation Education for Acute Care Nurses by Dawn A. Garcia-Brinker MS, Washburn University 2009 BS, Baker University, 1995 Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice Walden University November 2018 Abstract Tobacco use among veterans is significantly higher than among members of the general population. The purpose of this quality-improvement project was to increase acute care staff members’ knowledge and confidence in using tobacco cessation interventions to increase quit rates among the inpatients of a veterans’ hospital in the midwestern region of the United States. An evidence-based, standardized Tobacco Tactics Toolkit was developed and implemented, and a 6 sigma method guided the quality improvement process to define, measure, analyze, improve, and control the tobacco-cessation education initiative. The reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance framework was used to ensure that evidenc...