Cuban nurses' views of nursing care in relation to smoking and smoking cessation : An interview-based study performed in Havanna, Cuba ; Kubanska sjuksköterskors uppfattning av vårdande i relation till rökning och rökavvänjning : En intervjustudie utförd i Havanna, Kuba

Background: A significant association between cigarette use and illness makes smoking the dominant cause of preventable death in the world. As a provider of health promotion efforts, the nurse has a great opportunity to guide patients towards smoking cessation. Studies show that nurses’ perceptions of their profession color their attitudes towards health promotion efforts, something that has resulted in insufficient participation in health promotion actions that can be implemented related to smoking. Cuba provides effective and free health care for the entire population. However, a prevalence of 40,1% male smokers and 15,1% female smokers places Cuba as one of the countries with the highest smoking prevalence in the world. Aim: This study aimed to describe Cuban nurses' views of nursing care in relation to smoking and smoking cessation. Method: This study was performed using a qualitative design method. Data was collected by semi-structured interviews with four nurses in Havana, Cuba. A qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach was used as a method to analyse the collected data. Results: The results are presented in an overall theme: Balancing professional and personal views - nurses’ approach, and three sub-themes: Perceptions, attitudes and cultural aspects affecting nurses’ work; Challenges of implementing theoretical nursing knowledge in clinical practice; Factors and strategies for helping relatives with smoking cessation. Discussion: The findings are discussed against the background and aim of this study, as well as the theoretical framework of Madeleine Leininger’s cultural care diversity and universality theory. Nurses’ approaches towards smoking and smoking cessation showed similarities with the approach in the culture they lived in. Health promotion efforts expected to be implemented by nurses in their professional role towards patients, was instead performed towards relatives. ; Bakgrund: En tydlig koppling mellan cigarettanvändning och sjukdom gör rökning till den vanligaste anledningen ...