Strategies to implement tobacco control policy and advocacy initiatives. Critical care nursing clinics of North America. [Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am] Journal article

Critical care nursing organizations and individual critical care nurses can have an important impact on tobacco-related health policies. This article reviews the importance of critical care nursing involvement in policy efforts to achieve tobacco control goals, barriers to such involvement, and strategies to implement successful tobacco control policy initiatives. The involvement of the Association of Critical-Care Nurses and other nursing organizations in the Nursing Leadership in Tobacco Control Task Force is described.

Critical care nursing clinics of North America. [Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am]

Critical Care
Education, Nursing
Health Plan Implementation
Health Policy
Helping Behavior
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations
Leadership
Nurse's Role
Nursing Research
Patient Advocacy
Professional Competence
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Societies, Nursing
Tobacco Use Cessation
Tobacco Use Disorder
United States