| dc.description.abstract | This tool is a brief summary of Bhattarai’s 2023 practice-
improvement project improving tobacco and nicotine dependence
treatment curriculum in North Dakota State University’s (NDSU)
Doctor of Nursing Practice-Family Nurse Practitioner program. This
tool is intended as a guide for educational institutions or providers to
incorporate into their curriculums to improve provider competencies
and patient outcomes.
Few providers assess, refer, and provide treatment to the patient consistently and effectively. Lack of skills, training, and inadequate knowledge were identified as barriers why providers were not providing regular counseling or pharmacologic intervention. Therefore, incorporating formal tobacco and nicotine treatment education into the curriculum of DNP programs is imperative to curb the tobacco epidemic.
After completion of the intervention, significant increases in students’ knowledge, confidence, and comfort were observed in helping patients quit, in providing information about cessation medications, programs and services, and in making referrals for tobacco and nicotine dependence treatment. | en_US |
