The health burden of smoking tobacco is well documented and it is known to kill more than half its users. Nurses have a pivotal role in promoting smoking cessation and this is going to be even more important in the current financial climate because of the economic burden placed on health and social care.
This article will discuss integrating brief intervention advice into clinical practice, and provide useful training resources that are available to upskill nurses and other healthcare professionals. It will explain smoking cessation treatment and outline the support required to help people successfully quit.
More people die from IPF than are killed on the roads each year, but few nurses or doctors have much experience of the disease.
Helping nurses provide the best care possible is at the heart of new guidance on professionalism from the Nursing and Midwifery Council and chief nursing officers from across the UK.