荆州市173名护士吸烟危害认知现状调查

Investigation of Cognition of Nurses to Harm of Smoking in Jingzhon City

目的了解荆州市医院护理人员对吸烟危害的认知情况,为帮助吸烟者戒烟,同时在促进戒烟者养成无烟生活方式提供依据和参考。方法自设问卷,于2005年3月对荆州市3所医院173名临床护士进行了吸烟危害认知调查。结果仅9.8%的临床护士参加工作后接受过有关吸烟危害的培训;护士对吸烟危害认知率最高为100%,最低为13.3%,平均认知率为54.8%。提示护士对吸烟危害的认知不足。结论医院护理管理者及医学院校教育者应重视对护士或护生进行吸烟危害健康的相关教育及健康课程设置,社会媒体应加强对吸烟危害相关知识宣传的力度,推动我国的控烟运动,提高全民素质。

Objective To learn nurses＇ cognition to harm of smoking in certain city, play an important role in helping smokers giving up smoking and in offering useful information to them as well as in promoting smokers to form a no-smoking life-style at the same time. Methods The authors surveyed 173 clinical nurses and anlysized the result of the investigation in March 2005, Results The result showed that the ratio of the nurses who had been given lessons about harm of smoking after their beginning of profession was only 9.8%; the highest rate of the cognition of the nurses reached 100%, while the lowest rate was 13,3%; and the average rate of the cognition was 54.8%. It pointed out that the cognition of the nurses to harm of smoking is not enough. Conclusion The administrators of hospital and medical schools should pay more attention to the education that relates to tobacco as well as provision of courses on health for nurses or nursing undergraduate. The social Media also should increase the impact and momentum of propaganda about smoking harm in order to push the campaign of smoking control forward.