Tobacco smoking is the primary cause of preventable illness and premature death globally. Hookah smoking is one type of tobacco use, which gains popularity in recent years. Hookah smoking is a general term given to an apparatus where tobacco is inhaled after passing through water. Hookah was invented in India in the 15th century as a safe alternative cigarette smoking because they believed that smoke gets filtered by the water. Nowadays hookah spreads globally and a with wide variety of names such as waterpipe, shisha, (n)arghile, goza, and hubble-bubble to mention but a few. Researches evidence suggests that hookah smoking growing rapidly among British young adults. A recent report by the Freedom of Information (FOI) identified a 210% rise …show more content…
Due to current rapid increase in hookah use in college and university students of UK, more data are needed about the perception of the people. In this survey, voluntary participants from Waltham Forest College invited to assess characteristics and perceptions of participants’ hookah harm risk compaire to cigaretts. Knowing the characteristics of the hookah users according to their belief about harmfulness of smoke from hookah tobacco would help develop health promotion initiatives and interventions that specifically address the sub-population of users who need it …show more content…
To assess clarity and appropriateness of the survey the questionnaire prior to the launch, the survey was piloted to nursing group 2 students and core teacher (See appendix1). After the feedback the survey was improved and finalised for launch in early May 2016. Prior to the survey the full consent was given to the participants and then obtained full consent from the participant based on their knowledge and understanding. The total of 32 students of Waltham Forest College students participated in the survey. All data p<0.01 were significant in both Regression and Anova
Polit, D. F. & Beck, C. T. (2012). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (9th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott.
As per the American Heart Association in 2013, an expected 23 percent of grown-up men and 18 percent of grown-up ladies in the United States are smokers. What’s even more troubling is the prevalence of juvenile smoking in our society. juvenile smoking is a very real danger among U.S. youngsters and high schoolers. About 25 percent of U.S. secondary school understudies are smokers, and an extra 8 percent use smokeless tobacco items, for example, snuff and plunge. But what is most disheartening, is that 30 percent of all juvenile smokers will become addicted and suffer health related complications due to prolonged smoking. Numerous components play into a kid's choice to attempt tobacco. A craving to seem "cooler", more advanced, or to
The attitudes which surrounded cigarette smoking have seen a steady yet progressive shift from being ‘a [socially] acceptable and noncontroversial part of US life,’ to a seemingly chronic affliction that fuels a disgusting habit (qtd. in Graham...
Study Design: In the search for nursing literature, 34 publications were found to be relevant to be used in the study; out of these 34 publications, 22 studies exercise a qualitative design while 12 exercise quantitative design. The quantitative studies designs of this literature review included descriptive designs, cross- sectional designs, correlational designs, descriptive cross- sectional and correlational design. As for the qualitative studies included study designs: exploratory and descriptive, interpretative interactionism, hermeneutic, phenomenological design, ethnographic, feminist phenomenological design, and grounded theory approach,
Smoking cigarettes is a detrimental practice not only to the smoker, but also to everyone around the smoker. According to an article from the American Lung Association, “Health Effects” (n.d.), “Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., causing over 438,000 deaths per year”. The umbrella term for tobacco use includes the use of cigarettes, cigars, e-cigs and chewing tobacco. While tobacco causes adverse health consequences, it also has been a unifying factor for change in public health. While the tobacco industries targets specific populations, public health specifically targets smokers, possible smokers, and the public to influence cessation, policies and education.
Smoking Smoking is an addicting habit on the rise worldwide. Smoking across the globe has many different forms from cigarettes and cigars to pipes and shisha’s. There are many different reasons for smoking whether it is for medicinal reasons or recreational use. Smoking has been around for a very long time and in this essay I will discuss the origins of smoking, the serious health risks, economical burdens, the addicting materials as well smoking among teenagers. Despite efforts from governments and organizations to bring awareness to people across the globe of the serious dangers and implications of smoking, the number of smokers worldwide generally remains on the rise. Brief History Of Smoking Smoking in one form dates back to as early as 5000 BC. It was used in shamanistic rituals to allow the users to achieve a state of trance and connect with the spirit world. Cannabis smoking quickly spread through Africa and the Middle East almost 3000 years ago. Smoking was sighted in England as far back as 1556 and then spread to France in 1560. Tobacco was then brought into Africa by French traders in the early 1600’s. Tobacco at that time was chewed or smoked. Around that time many religious leaders banned smoking and considered it immoral and even blasphemous. The first machine made to produce cigarettes was made by James Bonsack in 1881 after the civil war. The negative effects of smoking were brought to public attention in 1929 by the paper published linking cancer and smoking. During the Great Depression and in Nazi Germany, Hitler viewed smoking as unnecessary and a waste of money and also that woman who smoked as unsuitable to be mothers and wives. After the Second World War, anti-smoking groups lost popularity and smoking increas...
E-cigarettes and hookahs have become very popular in today’s society. E-cigarettes are made out of metal and they contain nicotine, acetone, ethyl alcohol, styrene, and other substances that are vaporized (Brown, H., Hahn, E., & Riker, C., 2014). They come in many different styles and the substances used in e-cigarettes vary from brand to brand. Hookahs use tobacco that is sweetened and also flavored, and the smoke is passed through water before actually inhaling it (Noonan, D., & Kulbok, P., 2008). It is believed by the public that e-cigarettes and hookahs are better for you than traditional cigarettes. This is not true. In fact they can be more harmful to someone’s health than traditional cigarettes. This is a huge problem in today’s society
The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, Vol. 41, No. 4. Retrieved from: http://content2.learntoday.info/ Patak, L., Wilson-Stronks, A., Costello, J., Keleinpell, R. M., Henneman, E. A., Pearson, C. & Happ, M. B.
Social phenomenon’s have existed since the start of mankind. What was known then as cultural norms has now become the modern day term, social phenomenon. By definition, “in sociology, such knowledge and experiences are referred to as social phenomena, which are the individual, external, social constructions that influence our lives and development, and are constantly evolving as we age” (Study.com). In my opinion, anything can be a social phenomenon as long as people are partaking in it. The social phenomenon I would like to discuss would be Hookah Smoking. Hookah smoking has been “practiced in eastern countries for hundreds of years (Baheiraei et al, 2015, p 2751), “and globally there are an estimated 100 million daily hookah smokers” (Baheiraei
Introduction Nurse educators, as licensed registered nurses, are known to have undergone additional training in a masters program and beyond. The duty of a nurse educator is typically to teach the curriculum of nursing in schools and nursing colleges. Additionally, they can be actively involved in offering healthcare services in a variety of settings. According to Zorn (2010), the duties of nursing educators include supervision of students, their clinical experiences, educating health professionals and the general public on different issues that relate to nursing. Nurses employed by educational institutions, apart from being involved in classroom teaching, are also involved in the development and institution of a curriculum that fulfills the present demands of the nursing profession.
The purpose if this discussion is to define and understand nursing research, appropriate research and clinical questions, and evidence-based practice with support of examples and clinical scenarios. Nursing research refers to the identification, investigation, and critical analysis of matters or questions pertaining to the profession of nursing through a scientific and methodical process (Wood & Haber, 2013). The purpose of research is to gain new knowledge or validate current knowledge, and a research question should indicate an area, have an impact in nursing, reflect previous literature, and can be researched with a quality or quantity approach (Wood & Haber, 2013). An example of a research question for instance is, what is the correlation between assigning patients based on acuity in an acute care hospital and
Research is important to nursing because it plays an important part of knowledge in nursing about issues, research activities to develop, refine and extend the nursing science. Nurses use research as an academic and professional discipline such as educating clinicians and administration of nursing serves. Nurses that use clinical decisions on scientifically documented information are acting in a professional manner and can help define the identity of nursing and promote excellence in practice through knowledge development. “Research is a systematic inquiry into a subject that uses various approaches (quantitative and qualitative methods) to answer questions.” (Fain, 2015,
Since all nurses will participate in some capacity in the continuum of research, it remains imperative for all nurses to understand research methods for the improvement of their practice (Polit & Beck, 2017). With my gained experience and comprehension of how to evaluate nursing research, the significance of all nurses to be able to do the same to enhance their contribution of nursing was highlighted throughout this course.
Recommendation for the above study includes evaluation of the theoretical and practical teaching of the nursing process during undergraduate courses, as well as continuing education in hospital settings. Therefore, sufficient knowledge and proper application of nursing process is very essential in every day nursing practice so as to meet the demands of the current predominant health care dilemmas which includes: “Problems associated with normal human development, particularly aging; Chronic illness management in all ages; Health disparities associated with socioeconomic dislocations such as global migration, classism, sexism, and the strategies for health promotion and disease prevention” (AACN,
financially Reasons people smoke tobacco are due to peer pressure and trying to fit in whilst others get addicted. Continuously smoking tobacco can affect your health majorly both short term and long term. Although 1000’s of people use tobacco regularly there are different strategies being used to reduce the amount of smokers in society. PARAGRAPH 1 – influences of drug use Majority of people who smoke tobacco claim are