There might be a need to establish mandatory professional
training and work procedures for SCS. Although
the present study determined that there was no significant
correlation between smoking-cessation education and
training and self-efficacy among our participants, this
might have been influenced by the low percentage of
nurses in the sample who had smoking-cessation training.
Perceived provider-related barriers are an important correlate
of self-efficacy for providing SCS. In addition, previous
studies have argued that education and training
could increase the frequency that psychiatric nurses
among individuals with psychiatric illnesses.