In this study, neonatal intensive care unit nurses’; causes of cigarette smoking, the level of usage and the factors affecting these factors have been investigated. This descriptive-relationship seeking study has been carried out with the participation of cigarette smoking nurses (n = 32) who worked in a neonatal intensive care unit of an education and research hospital. The data have been collected with Personal Information Form, Knowledge Form about Cigarette Smoking, Fagerström Nicotine Addiction Test. For statistical analysis, the SPSS for Windows 25 package program has been used. Descriptive statistics, independent t test, one-way variance and regression analysis and Bonferroni test have been used in data analysis. The data have been evaluated in 95% confidence interval, p<0.05 level of significance. Neonatal intensive care unit nurses have been determined to be; 68% between 18 to 27 of age range, all women, 75% graduated from licence or master degree. 56% of the nurses smoke due to stress, 59% of them smoke due to financial problems, 31% of them smoke more than 31 cigarettes a day. In our study, it has been determined that those who worked less than 1 year in the neonatal intensive care had more nicotine addiction than those who worked for more than 1 year. As the result of this research; it has been determined that the level of nicotine addiction of neonatal intensive care nurses is mostly at moderate and low level. Strategies for nurses to quit smoking should be developed and training should be provided.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Clinical Sciences |
Journal Section | Araştırma Makalesi |
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Publication Date | June 21, 2020 |
Submission Date | April 2, 2020 |
Acceptance Date | May 8, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 |