The Pregnant Smoker: Nursing Implications |
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| Authors: | LINDA L. ALEUNDER MAJOR US. ARMY NURSE CORPS RNC MSED MSN |
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| Affiliation: | Linda Alexander is assigned to Preventive Medicine at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Major Alexander is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, ICEA, and ANA. |
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| Abstract: | Evidence documents that smoking is especially detrimental to the unborn fetus and to the developing child. The reproductive risks associated with smoking are reviewed, and implications for nurses caring for the pregnant smoker are discussed. Strategies to assist patient smoking cessation efforts are outlined. Nurses must consider cigarette smoking in pregnancy to be as serious a risk factor to maternal and infant health as drugs and infectious diseases. |
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