Critical care nursing clinics of North America
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Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Mar 2006
ReviewApplication of the Synergy Model with the surgical care of smokers.
The Synergy Model for Patient Care, developed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), demonstrates that positive patient outcomes are achieved when patient characteristics are matched with nurse competencies. This article describes how effective nursing practice, whether providing smoking cessation counseling or evaluating preoperative laboratory tests, must be centered around the needs and characteristics of patients. Smokers requiring surgical intervention have unique needs and require nurses with competent skills to help promote optimal pulmonary, cardiovascular, and wound healing outcomes.
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Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Mar 2006
Providing smoking cessation counseling: a national survey among nurse anesthetists.
Current research has demonstrated that smokers have an increased incidence of intraoperative and postoperative complications. Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) have knowledge of a patient's smoking status and are in a unique position to provide smoking cessation counseling (SCC). The results from a national survey about SCC practice among CRNAs is revealed in this article.