Staff nurse characteristics and survey results. Table 3
shows the characteristics of staff nurses in this study:
approximately 21 % were current smokers. Thirty-eight
nurses (95 %) completed face-to-face training and 53 %
viewed the online tutorial and/or post-test during the
intervention period. Following implementation of the
intervention, nurses had higher scores on the “pros”
subscale of the decisional balance questionnaire (35.3 vs.
32.7, p=.008); there was no significant change on the
“cons” subscale. Staff nurses also tended to rate themselves
as moderately or very effective in cessation counseling after
guideline implementation (38 vs. 21 %), although this
difference was not statistically significant (Table 4). Patients
of smoking nurses were no less likely to receive cessation
counseling than those of non-smoking nurses (5A’s
composite score: 3.65 vs. 3.62, p=0.95).