Nursing students to become Smoking Cessation Champions

Students in Nipissing’s third-year Bachelor of Science inNursing program have the opportunity to learn from experts about best practices
for kicking butt.

Nipissing University is hosting the Nursing Students Smoking Cessation Champion
Workshop this Friday, March 9, from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. in room A224. The
workshop is organized by the Registered Nursing Association of Ontario (RNAO)
in an effort to teach best practices. It is part of the RNAO’s National Nursing
Smoking Cessation Best Practices Initiative 2011-12.

All students who attend the workshop will receive a certificate from the RNAO
as a Tobacco Cessation Best Practice Champion while learning how to best help
people quit smoking. 

The workshop is aimed at Nursing students who want:

• A dynamic, interactive learning experience that incorporates
  theory, techniques and tools to assist nurses to effectively shape clinical
  practice in the area of smoking cessation through the use of evidence based
  practices
• Professional development based on personal goal setting,
  interactive learning and the formation of action plans related to implementing
  the “Integrating Smoking Cessation into Daily Nursing Practice” Nursing Best
  Practice Guideline in the clinical setting.

The workshop fits the BScN program’s third-year component on Community Health.