Date
4-17-2024
Department
School of Nursing
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Chair
Deborah Maddox
Keywords
Nicotine cessation, nicotine cessation education, provider education and nicotine cessation
Disciplines
Nursing
Recommended Citation
Riley-Glenn, Madison, "Provider Education and Nicotine Cessation: An Evidence-Based Practice Project" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5340.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5340
Abstract
Nearly 3.08 million U.S. middle and high school students use some form of nicotine. Additionally, it was estimated that 28.3 million adults in the United States smoke cigarettes. Current prescribers lack the comprehensive knowledge that is involved with nicotine cessation therapy. Nicotine addiction is recognized as a complex disease process, but instrumental opportunities exist to help patients quit this addictive substance. Providers were educated on nicotine cessation modalities that varied from pharmacotherapies to non-pharmacotherapy options. The project implemented an educational intervention for providers at two primary care offices, increasing confidence in providing patients with the best cessation therapy. A pretest and posttest were administered to the providers to assess confidence levels before and after the educational intervention. The same test was given at the end of the 12 weeks. Providers were instructed to check a “nicotine cessation” box in the electronic health record if counseling was performed. At the end of the 12 weeks, the electronic health record was analyzed to determine if the educational intervention was effective in increasing nicotine cessation counseling. After this scholarly project, providers increased nicotine cessation counseling and their confidence level in providing cessation education.
