Campus Location
Dallas Campus (Online)
Date of Award
Spring 5-2019
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0031-3966
Document Type
DNP Project
Department
Nursing
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Committee Chair or Primary Advisor
Tonya Sawyer - McGee
Second Committee Member or Secondary Advisor
Roneisa Matero
Third Committee Member or Committee Reader
Tonja Hartjes
Abstract
There is a massive problem of tobacco-related cancer outcomes in patients that are affected by race and ethnicity. Although this is a known disparity, there continues to be a gap in care for asking patients if they use tobacco and in advising and assisting them in making a quit attempt. Health information technology requirements and meaningful use regulations require the utilization of systematic electronic documentation. In order to improve and support tobacco use screening, systematic tobacco use assessment and documentation are essential. There is a widespread belief that adding screening for tobacco use to the vital sign assessment will lead to an increase in health care staff offering smoking cessation support during an office visit (Boyle & Solberg, 2004). This project analyzed the effects of adding a tobacco use question to the vital sign assessment in the electronic health record (EHR). The goals were to increase nursing documentation of tobacco use and to increase patient participation in initial smoking cessation counseling during a routine office visit.
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Recommended Citation
King, Latonya, "Analysis of Tobacco Use Vital Sign Assessment" (2019). Digital Commons @ ACU, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 126.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/126