INTRODUCTION Smoking continues to be a significant public health issue, but nursing students do not receive sufficient training on tobacco cessation education. Integrating the 5As behaviors for tobacco cessation into a compulsory course could improve nursing students' skills and increase their clinical behaviors for assisting patients in quitting smoking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of evidence-based tobacco cessation education on the perceptions and behaviors of nursing students who are assisting patients to quit smoking. METHODS A prospective single-group design was used to evaluate the perceptions and behaviors of 626 senior nursing students enrolled in an education program, at three time points: baseline, 3 months post education, and 6 months post education. Data were collected, before and after the tobacco cessation education, using assessment tools for knowledge, attitudes, and the 5As behaviors for assisting patients to quit smoking. RESULTS A total of 572 senior students completed the baseline survey, 289 students completed the survey 3 months post education, 348 students completed the survey 6 months post education, and 285 students completed all three surveys. Knowledge and self-efficacy of tobacco cessation were improved dramatically (p<0.05) after the education program, compared with the baseline survey. At 6 months post education, compared with at 3 months post education, nursing students reported more interventions of asking, advising, assessing, assisting, and arranging smokers to quit smoking (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS The integration of tobacco cessation education into compulsory courses could improve clinical skills and enhance the behaviors of nursing students for assisting patients to quit smoking.

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戒烟教育对护理本科生帮助吸烟者戒烟行为的影响

引言 吸烟仍然是一个重要的公共卫生问题，但护生没有接受足够的戒烟教育培训。将戒烟5A行为纳入必修课，可以提高护生的技能，增加临床辅助患者戒烟的行为。本研究的目的是评估循证戒烟教育对协助患者戒烟的护生的认知和行为的影响。方法 前瞻性单组设计用于评估参加教育计划的 626 名高级护生在三个时间点的感知和行为：基线、教育后 3 个月和教育后 6 个月。收集了数据，在戒烟教育前后，使用知识、态度和5A行为的评估工具帮助患者戒烟。结果 共有 572 名高年级学生完成了基线调查，289 名学生完成了教育后 3 个月的调查，348 名学生完成了教育后 6 个月的调查，285 名学生完成了所有三项调查。与基线调查相比，教育计划后戒烟的知识和自我效能显着提高（p<0.05）。教育后 6 个月，与教育后 3 个月相比，护生报告了更多的询问、建议、评估、协助和安排吸烟者戒烟的干预措施（p<0.05）。