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Cathy Wood

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PubMed2003

Survey of smoking cessation services in Canadian addiction programs.

Many alcohol and drug treatment programs now offer smoking cessation (SC) services to their clients. Little is known about the prevalence of such services in Canadian addiction programs. A telephone survey was conducted of all Canadian adult substance abuse programs with outpatient, day program, and residential treatment to determine: (a) whether the program offered help in quitting smoking; (b) the type of SC services; (c) the overall priority placed on quitting smoking; and (d) for residential programs, what type of smoking ban (indoors, outdoors, or both), if any, is imposed. Over half (54%) of the 223 programs that responded to the survey reported providing help in quitting smoking. Twenty-three programs had formal SC services, most often in the form of group treatment. The majority of programs surveyed stated their program placed 'very little' emphasis on smoking. Smoking was relatively unrestricted in residential programs. The implications of these findings for substance abuse treatment are discussed.

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PubMed2002

Introducing a protocol for procedural pain.

Children endure painful experiences while in hospital, often without understanding why. This study aimed to assess whether the use of a protocol for assessing, preparing and distracting children during procedures such as cannulation would decrease levels of pain and distress reported by children, parents and nurses. Pain thermometers and 'scary faces' were used as tools to assess pain and anxiety levels of 82 children. The results were ambiguous and inconsistent. However, nurses have a responsibility to reduce children's pain and anxiety as much as possible and distraction is one way of doing this.

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The Emory experience.

The administrative nursing staff was asked to identify innovative technology that supported the mission and philosophy of the Emory Health Care System. The Directors of Nursing identified multiple high technology systems that enhance financial strength, innovation, leadership, people and workplace, and knowledge management. These systems are presented in this article.

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