Table 1.

Nurse Responses after Tobacco Tactics Training

	n	Percent
How confident are you in your abilities to provide smoking cessation services to inpatient smokers? (N = 144)
Extremely confident	23	16.0
Very confident	64	44.4
Moderately confident	49	34.0
Somewhat/not at all confident	8	5.6
How important do you think it is to provide the Smoking Cessation Intervention in your unit? (N = 143)
Very important	66	46.2
Important	57	39.9
Neutral	17	11.9
Not very/not at all important	3	2.1
How satisfied were you with the material presented? (N = 145)
Extremely satisfied	83	57.2
Somewhat satisfied	47	32.4
Neutral/undecided	9	6.2
Somewhat/extremely dissatisfied	6	4.2
Do you feel you have a good understanding of the elements of the Smoking Cessation Intervention? (N = 145)
Strongly agree	41	28.3
Agree	88	60.7
Neutral	13	9.0
Disagree	3	2.1
Do you foresee any barriers to implementing this intervention? (N = 143)
Yes	104	72.7
No	39	27.3
If yes, what are these possible barriers? (N = 104)
Patients not interested	67	64.4
Not enough time	60	57.7
Not enough staff	31	29.8
Other (N = 39)
Patient condition not appropriate for teaching	13	33.3
Lack of support from physicians	7	17.9
Difficulty locating resources	11	28.2
Difficulty using the computerized patient records system template	3	7.7
Is there anything that would make it easier for you to implement the Smoking Cessation Intervention in your unit? (N = 45)
Designate key personal to perform or coordinate smoking cessation interventions	10	22.2
Designate planned sessions for counseling	5	11.1
Have resources readily available	5	11.1
Make the documentation template for smoking cessation more user-friendly	3	6.7