Factors Influencing Intentions to Integrate Tobacco Education Among Advanced Practice Nursing Faculty

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 189-200

  Heath, Janie ^a   Crowell, Nancy A ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nursing; Theory of Reasoned Action; Tobacco cessation; Tobacco prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE; NURSE ANESTHETIST; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547454414     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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